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Modern computing analog: the first sentient AI to arrive in the Centauri system will contain CPU cores executing x86-64 instructions, a 64-bit extension to a 32
by api 7y ago
Modern computing analog: the first sentient AI to arrive in the Centauri system will contain CPU cores executing x86-64 instructions, a 64-bit extension to a 32-bit extension to a 16-bit segmented extension to an 8-bit teletype CPU.
- cheerlessbog 7y agoSurely 128 or 256 bits? Or is 64 enough for ever?
- umanwizard 7y agoModern Intel processors actually support up to 512-bit packed vector operations.
- jarfil 7y agoAs far as memory addressing goes, 64 bits should be good enough until the exabyte RAM era, and there is no reason to switch the whole arquitecture before that.
- cheerlessbog 7y agoI wonder when the exabyte Era might begin, a log plot of historical desktop memory capacities would be interesting. I can't seem to find one.
- ncmncm 7y agoProb'ly RISC-V, with the quantum extension. But the more archaic, it will still be binary.
- dTal 7y agoechoes of an ancient (inaccurate) joke: "Windows 95 is a 32 bit extension and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition".