On December 26, 2017 10:34:26 AM HST, Will Godfrey <willgodfrey@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> It seems everyone is dropping support for 32 bit machines these days -
> including
> a number of Linux distros.
>
> It makes me wonder how long it will be before single core machines go
> the same
> way. Has anyone seen any hint of that yet?
>
> I think it was LAC 2008 where I first heard discussion on how to plan
> for
> multi-core kit - not that I was touching any code back then :)
Well, in response to both 32-bit and multicore topics...my wife's old netbook (don't recall exactly how old, but at least 7 years old) came with a 64-bit, dual-core processor. While its hardware is limited to 2GB RAM, it is running 64-bit Ubuntu.
Even the processor called a "Pentium" in a cheap little-use desktop I have is 64-bit 2 cores.
Even the old, cheap entry-level tablet I'm using has a 64-bit 4-core chip in it. (Not to ignore the 64 GPU cores the Tegra chip also includes.)
Single core CPUs went away a long time ago.
Just to put it in perspective.
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