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Windows 8 Release Expected in 2012

http://www.pcworld.com/article/182855/windows_8_release_expected_in_2012.html

by ___Calv_Dee___ • 14 years ago

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astrodust• 14 years ago

Wait, what? 128-bit architecture? I'm not sure what the utility of this would be, as 64-bit ints are huge and floating point is already a special case.

With 16-byte pointers, your application would be SUV-sized no matter what you do.

What kind of things need 128-bits to represent? Is this a case of representing 4-up 32-bit ints or something of the sort, that a 128-bit CPU would be basically a 4-way vector one inherently?

darshansoma• 14 years ago

article from 2009?

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