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

[Arne Vajhøj]

Keith Parris wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> There are some speculation that the 128 bit being
>> mentioned is for the file systems.
> 
> Reports are circulating that a Microsoft researcher's LinkedIn profile 
> (since deleted) said he was "working to get IA-128 working backwards 
> with full binary compatibility on the existing IA-64 instructions in the 
> hardware simulation to work for Windows 8 and definitely Windows 9.”
> 
> Doesn't sound like file-system work to me. :-)

No.

But a 128 bit CPU does not make any sense. A 128 bit file
system does make sense.

Arne