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I wouldn't say never, but I would say not for a long time.
Posted by: manualAvant (497) on 2016-01-25 21:26:14 In Reply to: The days we are on 64 bit we will see an push to 128 bit ;-) posted by Egil - The Silver Fox on 2016-01-25 20:45:54	Share \| Report

16 -> 32
8088 -> 80386
1979 -> 1986
7 years

32 -> 64
80386 -> Opteron
1986 -> 2003
17 years

We're at 13 years now, so, maybe in 27 years?

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Microsoft will cut support for Skylake-based processors in Windows 7/8.1, starting in July 2017 - egp320i 2016-01-18 12:04:38 (206 views)
- I understand why they are doing this....the mad dash to emulate Apple-style conformity. - Mod3rate R3form3r 2016-01-24 19:48:17 (161 views)
  - It's not unmanageable, they've been doing it for years. They're just converting business models - manualAvant 2016-01-25 08:10:16 (197 views)
    - I wouldn't quite say it's "unmanageable" - Tanner 2016-01-25 09:38:37 (218 views)
      - The days we are on 64 bit we will see an push to 128 bit ;-)  -  Egil - The Silver Fox  2016-01-25 20:45:54 (157 views)
        
        I wouldn't say never, but I would say not for a long time.  -  manualAvant  2016-01-25 21:26:14 (182 views)
        
        The architecture is out there. I would not go by past time lines   -  Egil - The Silver Fox  2016-01-25 23:12:38 (157 views)
        
        The most compelling purpose of the 64-bit transition was not having to use PAE. That's it.  -  manualAvant  2016-01-26 00:25:13 (174 views)
        
        RAM was a big push to 64bit but there are still a scientific need for a 'personal' super computer.  -  Egil - The Silver Fox  2016-01-26 03:23:01 (166 views)
        
        Sure, 64-bit Alpha predates Opteron by over a decade but Windows didn't run 64-bit on them  -  manualAvant  2016-01-26 10:12:13 (162 views)
        
        Specialized usage today for 128-bit... cryptography, DSPs, etc.  -  Tanner  2016-01-26 09:12:53 (154 views)
        
        Could be   -  Egil - The Silver Fox  2016-01-26 11:49:52 (154 views)
- Guess they are having trouble in moving people to 10 - Egil - The Silver Fox 2016-01-18 16:18:40 (169 views)
  - I think that is wrong - It seems that it is a faster conversion than any other update - Reggie 2016-01-20 17:02:17 (161 views)
    - IMO, incorrectly assigning reasoning behind conversion rate - manualAvant 2016-01-20 18:45:42 (176 views)
    - So why the push? - Egil - The Silver Fox 2016-01-20 17:05:41 (193 views)
      - May be some validity with future OS depending on features on the chip - Tanner 2016-01-21 07:40:47 (165 views)
      - Why waste dollars and people on updating the software for people with - Reggie 2016-01-20 23:25:10 (164 views)
  - Not just that, this is huge from a commercial perspective, hardware vendors will be loving this - Tanner 2016-01-19 07:34:06 (218 views)
- Decade of wasted opportunity to improve Linux (edit) - manualAvant 2016-01-18 13:11:32 (184 views)

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