On Saturday, 28 July 2012 at 03:06:53 UTC, Era Scarecrow wrote:
The largest majority of computers and programs aren't what you
and me use on a computer, it's things that are everywhere and
they remain hidden. Your watch, your calculator, smart cards,
CD players, devices (Like CD-ROM drives). There are still 8bit
chips you can buy, program and use. For the main common
computers, yes 32bit is going out of style.
http://www.mouser.com/Semiconductors/MCU-MPU-DSP-DSC-SoC-Processors/Microprocessors-MPU/_/N-6hpeh?Keyword=microprocessors&FS=True
It's been a while since I looked over this list or catalog.
ARM is staying 32-bit for the foreseeable future, and ARM is just
as important as x86 these days. The first ARM64 chips won't even
appear for a few years still, and who knows how long it will take
for them to take over.
