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

[Arne Vajhøj]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article <008e4785$0$5058$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>,
> 	JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>> 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. 
> 
> And no one will ever need more than 640K of memory.

I don't think anyone doubt that we will need 128 bit computers
at some point in time.

But not in 2012-2013 where Windows 8 is planned.

When this news was discussed in another forum I suggested
a rule saying that the number of bits required doubles
every year.

Not a very precise rules. But it gives some indication of how
far out the 128 bit is.

Arne