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

[norm.raphael at metso.com]

khfp09 <ken.and.ann at gmail.com> wrote on 10/15/2009 11:25:42 AM:

> On Oct 14, 6:12 pm, Arne Vajhøj <a... at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> [...]
> > 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.
> 
> I don't think you really mean "doubles".  By that reasoning,
> if we had needed 32 bits in 2008 (for example), we would've
> needed 64 bits this year and 128 bits in 2010, etc.
> 
> I don't know what you *actually* mean; perhaps that the
> number of bits required increases by 2 bits each year???
> That would be something like 32 bits in 1990, 52 bits in
> 2010 (requiring 64 bits under the hood), and we wouldn't
> need anything beyond 64 bits, e.g., 128 bits, until 2016.
> Is that what you were thinking?
> 

AFAICT he meant one (1) more bit = requirement doubles each year.

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