Impressed

[Jakob Ovrum]

On Saturday, 28 July 2012 at 03:06:53 UTC, Era Scarecrow wrote:
> The largest majority of computers and programs aren't what you 
> and me use on a computer, it's things that are everywhere and 
> they remain hidden. Your watch, your calculator, smart cards, 
> CD players, devices (Like CD-ROM drives). There are still 8bit 
> chips you can buy, program and use. For the main common 
> computers, yes 32bit is going out of style.
>
> http://www.mouser.com/Semiconductors/MCU-MPU-DSP-DSC-SoC-Processors/Microprocessors-MPU/_/N-6hpeh?Keyword=microprocessors&FS=True
>
>  It's been a while since I looked over this list or catalog.

ARM is staying 32-bit for the foreseeable future, and ARM is just 
as important as x86 these days. The first ARM64 chips won't even 
appear for a few years still, and who knows how long it will take 
for them to take over.