[OT] End-user uses for x86-64 (was: Why are still not at 64 bits)

[Thomas Charron]

On 2/17/07, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:01:19 -0500
> "Jon 'maddog' Hall" <maddog at li.org> wrote:
> > I do not think a "128 bit address space" computer will ever exist, at
> > least not in the silicon technologies that we are talking about.
> Probably not for a while, but I'm 100% certain, there will be a 128-bit
> address space computer somewhere down the line, but at the present
> time, 64-bit address space is more than sufficient for most of the
> biggest computers. It will be the governments that will want the
> 128-bit address space. On the other hand, I seriously doubt desktop
> computers will ever need anything near 64-bit addresses.

  People may giggle, but the PS2 Emotion processing chip is 128 bit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion_Engine

  It all comes down to funky fast math.

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-- Thomas