On 01/21/2015 11:08 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
On 01/21/2015 06:26 PM, jd1008 wrote:
I honestly do not see any reason to make so much noise about it.
I think I am not shouting loud enough. But I understand free speech is
not welcome here.
False! There are only a few knuckleheads who flare up if you say things
they do not like. But it is still their their right to speak.
I was simply stating what is inevitable. I do not think 32 bit support
will come
to an end any time soon.
As I had previously stated, there are many countries where most people
still have the P3 computers. But even those are going to be junked sometime.
Where are 16 bit OS'es today? Does anyone want to go back to them?
Apples and Oranges
Not at all!! 32 bit arch cpu's will end up being only for embedded
controllers
the way 8 bit and 16 bit cpu's are used in small controllers/appliances.
Are you ready for 128 bit architectures? Among the areas that will benefit
from 128 bit archs (from wikipedia):
RISC-V architecture is defined for 32, 64 and 128 bits of integer
data width.
Universally Unique Identifiers (UUID) consist of a 128-bit value.
IPv6 routes computer network traffic amongst a 128-bit range of
addresses.
ZFS is a 128-bit file system.
GPU chips commonly move data across a 128-bit bus.[1]
128 bits is a common key size for symmetric ciphers and a common
block size for block ciphers in cryptography.
The AS/400 virtual instruction set defines all pointers as 128-bit.
This gets translated to the hardware's real instruction
set as required, allowing the underlying hardware to change without
needing to recompile the software.
Past hardware was 48-bit CISC, while current hardware is 64-bit
PowerPC.
Because pointers are defined to be 128-bit, future hardware may be
128-bit without software incompatibility.
Increasing the word size can speed up multiple precision
mathematical libraries. Applications include cryptography.
Technology does not wait for a change in our sentiments :) :)
Not me.
So, I think it is inevitable that support for 32 bit OS'es will come to
an end.
We are talking about a supposed to be community driven Linux distro
bringing a sofar supported OS to a sudden death without any actual cause.
Well, the direction of the community is actually driven by the sponsors;
in this case, RedHat.
Perhaps Ubuntu will continue to support 32 bit because I think (and
still hope) their
direction is not dictated by any commercial sponsors/interests.
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