On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Bojan Antonovic wrote:
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> My conjuncture is: there is no need for 128 bit instruction code, so 64 bit
> inst. code will be the final one. FPU register will stay to use 64 bit, and
> for the other one I can`t say nothing. The main part of speeding up
> processors will be done be using multiple processors.
Why do you believe there will be no 128bit processors? Isn't "more data
at a time" always better?
I agree with you that advances in multiprocessing are needed and will be
beneficial, but in the race for a better desktop machine, SMP does little
to help.
Without more info on the technical reasons behind your conjecture, I am
willing to bet that at least one of the non-intel chip manufacturers
announces a 128bit chip, if only to gain some attention.
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