Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:45:39 -0600, Stanley Steel thusly wrote: >> Why I mentioned desktop applications is that currently the trend has >> been to replace old 32-bit intel/amd processors in desktop use. And >> most desktop apps are written in systems programming languages. You can >> hardly buy any non-64-bit capable processor from any pc store these >> days. The people are getting crap that they don't need. >> >> The same thing happens with digital cameras. In cameras the pixel count >> of sensors is growing even though the image quality stays the same. A >> good quality 4 MPix camera is much better than a cheap 15 MPix pocket >> camera. Even the forementioned 4 MPix pic resized to 2 MPix and stored >> in jpg format might look better than the original 15 MPix one in raw >> format. They just keep pushing the limits to sell larger and larger >> storage media. > > You'd probably be pissed to hear about microsoft creating a 128-bit OS > and intel designing 128-bit processors.
Nah, I don't really care. I have nothing against wider vector registers, but huge general purpose registers usually don't make sense.