64-bit

[language_fan]

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:45:39 -0600, Stanley Steel thusly wrote:

>> Why I mentioned desktop applications is that currently the trend has
>> been to replace old 32-bit intel/amd processors in desktop use. And
>> most desktop apps are written in systems programming languages. You can
>> hardly buy any non-64-bit capable processor from any pc store these
>> days. The people are getting crap that they don't need.
>>
>> The same thing happens with digital cameras. In cameras the pixel count
>> of sensors is growing even though the image quality stays the same. A
>> good quality 4 MPix camera is much better than a cheap 15 MPix pocket
>> camera. Even the forementioned 4 MPix pic resized to 2 MPix and stored
>> in jpg format might look better than the original 15 MPix one in raw
>> format. They just keep pushing the limits to sell larger and larger
>> storage media.
> 
> You'd probably be pissed to hear about microsoft creating a 128-bit OS
> and intel designing 128-bit processors.

Nah, I don't really care. I have nothing against wider vector registers, 
but huge general purpose registers usually don't make sense.