On 1/13/2012 10:55 PM, Larry Stotler wrote:
I'm waiting on 128bit chips to come out. That's where things will go eventually for performance.
I'm not convinced that will yield any real world performance except when moving large chunks of storage around. When manipulating big chunks of data larger registers help. Twice the data moved in the same number of clocks. But not all applications have that need, and lots of things work just fine with smaller registers. Even when you only want 16bits off the bus, you generally load 32 and discard half. The debate of running a 32bit vs 64bit version of OpenSuse on 64bit hardware is still not settled. I doubt it will be that much clearer when you are talking 128bit vs 64bit. -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org