Re: any plans/info on 64 bit Delphi compiler ?
- From: Jens Gruschel <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:19:27 +0100
8080 - 8086 4 years
8086 - 80386 8 years
80386 - Athlon 16 years (1 year late)
If it continues at the same rate, and they make up for the lost year, the 128-bit processor is due in 2034 ;-)
If the time required to double the number of bits doubles, the number of bits increased linearly (2 new bits each year). That means the address space available increases exponentially. Looks quite natural to me. The only drawback is that the gaps get larger and larger. However I think that doesn't matter too much, because 2^64 bytes = 17,179,869,184 GB should be enough for... well... for 32 years I guess ;-)
P.S. That's probably true outside the 80x86 world, too. However some other systems (or parts of other systems) are ahead a few bits.
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