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Smooth-Stone aims at Intel
- hga 16y agoTwo words: "64 bits". Last time I checked ARM is resolutely 32 bits and 2 years isn't enough time to produce a 64 bit version. That said, if their first offering is successful that might be enough prompt doing the work to expand ARM to 64 bits. It's also clear they're so new they haven't even done an IP check on their name: http://www.smoothstone.com/about-us http://www.smoothstone.com/about-us
- wmf 16y agoThe 32-bit problem is going to be solved, and a lot sooner than 2 years from now.
- hga 16y agoNot just a new processor architecture but also the new software tool chains and operating system ports needed? I suppose we're faster at doing the latter along with everything else, but it's generally taken quite some time to get the latter in place and solid.
- wmf 16y agoThere's a short-term solution that requires no changes to userspace.
- hga 16y agoNo changes to userspace means I can't write programs that use more than 4GB, which is the major point of going beyond 32 bits. If you're just talking about something like Intel's 1995 PAE I'm not sure that's terribly useful nowadays.