128-bit PC??

[Alma J Wetzker]

Jerry McBride wrote:
> On Friday 28 April 2006 20:53, Man-wai CHANG wrote:
> 
>>We have 30+ years before 2038. What's the likelihood of seeing a 128-bit
>>PC by year 2030?
> 
> 
> They're in the labs now, but won' be available until the 64bit processors 
> become mainstream and very mature.
> 
> Personally, what I'm waiting for are quad core x86 processors. That will be 
> the hoot...
> 
> On the other end of the spectrum, the new IBM CELL has a lot of attention 
> right now. I can't wait till that turns up on a desktop...
> 
> Jerry

I am kind of interested in the AMD work right now, Taking out the
hyper-threading so that a single core no longer looks like a multi core
device, and making a multi core device look like a single core.  Oracle
may need to adjust their pricing, again. ;)

    -- Alma