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

[Bob Koehler]

In article <19e52b29-9661-42ba-9703-785d51ee2232 at a39g2000pre.googlegroups.com>, khfp09 <ken.and.ann at gmail.com> writes:
> On Oct 14, 6:12=A0pm, Arne Vajh=F8j <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 think there's an industry average that it doubles every decade to
   15 years.  As in 8 bits in the 60's, 32 bits by the late 70's, 64
   bits by the middle 90's, 128 bits by 2020.

   In practice, I know some apps now really make use of 64 bits, but
   they're pretty far and few between.