Peter B Van Campen wrote:
On Friday 15 April 2005 3:11 pm, Sid Boyce wrote:
Susemail wrote:
On Thursday 14 April 2005 16:06, Sid Boyce wrote:
Susemail wrote:
On Thursday 14 April 2005 04:02, James Knott wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
>And now I get to do more shopping, this time for new hardware. >I'm going to install 9.3 onto a new disk. I'm thinking of >getting my first SATA drive (I've been a SCSI guy. I like the >10,000 RPM, Ultra160 drives--they're fast!).
Don't forget a 64 bit CPU!
Aside from the larger address space-what good is a 64 bit CPU?? Jerome
Strange, I can't remember anyone asking a similar question when CPU's went from 8 --> 16-bit or 16-bit --> 32-bit, perhaps it was too obvious back then. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux for all Computing Tasks
No, it's just that it seems to me that 32 bit serves most users very well. 16 bit was limited and in most situations 64 bit seems like overkill to me. I don't think we'll be using 512 bit registers in a hundred years, for example. I could be wrong but I think 32bit to 64 bit is the sweet spot for most of our computing needs. Really I think 32bit is the sweet spot but I'll hedge my bet with 64 bit too.
Jerome
For the moment maybe, 64-bit Alpha and Sun boxes have been around for quite a while now and AMD/Intel have caught up, giving Linux a chance to displace Sun's servers at a knock-down price. Sun never envisaged x86 64-bit, so they steered clear of Linux on SPARC. Whatever comes along will get used, they are programs that will demand it, a large supercomputer in inside the keyboard and a paper thin monitor, just give it time. On Monday slashdot reported that scientists at the Univeristy of Illinois had demonstrated a pseudomorphic heterejunction bipolar transistor operating at 604 GigaHertz, when chips are made of these devices, imagine the power under your finger tips. Regards
Dear Sid.
We Natives of Illinois like to call our state "The Silicon Prairie". Lots and lots of very cool and innovative stuff has come from Illinois. Schockley, Bratton and Bardeen made the first transistor here as well. Ever seen pictures of that first junction? UGLY!!
PeterB
Ex-IBMer and Keen Bonanza (A36) co-pilot :o)
It's not been apparent, we often think of the Silicon Valley, Ca. and there are visible signs everyhere, then again around that part of the world I've only driven from Chicago airport down to Battavia and never saw a Tech company other than ours. Nice looking aircraft the Bonanza, only flew C150/152's, PA28 Warriors and the Diamond Katana DV20. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux for all Computing Tasks