Dropping compatibility would be a huge change for Intel. Don't the latest chips still look like an 8086 on reset? But never say never, I guess. Arm has entirel

Dropping compatibility would be a huge change for Intel. Don't the latest chips still look like an 8086 on reset? But never say never, I guess. Arm has entirely dropped 32 bit support in the last couple of years of cores. Cortex-A710 is the only ARMv9 core that supports 32 bit in User mode (EL0). Ability to run a 32 bit OS has been gone for quite a while.