Hey friends, I just saw this phoronix article that said that Intel is considering newer processors to only run in 64-bit mode.
It is likely years away, but I thought I would mention it. Thanks, Joshua https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-X86-S-64-bit-Only (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-X86-S-64-bit-Only)