[Info-vax] OT: IA-128 ???

[Arne Vajhøj]

JF Mezei wrote:
> Neil Rieck wrote:
>> IA-128 ???
> 
> Considering that it will be a long while before the 64 bit memopry
> barriers are broken, a real need for 128 bits is still some
> years/decades away. Windows and eveb OS-X have barely finished their
> transition to 64 bits.
> 
> 
> I think this may have been such some "philosophical" project at
> Microsoft to see ik moving beyond 64 bits would be possible or not.
> 
> Basically, some study to "audit" Windows to see which areas might have
> difficulty moving to 128 bits and which woudln't which may result in
> coding standards that would elimitate (as much as possible) those code
> snippets that woudl make it hard to move to 128 bits.

The speculation I have seen has been about a 128 bit file system.

Arne