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angry tapir

on Thursday October 27, 2011 @09:13PM

angry tapir writes "In less than a decade, a microprocessor core could be no bigger than a red blood cell, the CTO ARM has predicted. ARM has already helped develop a prototype, implantable device for monitoring eye-pressure in glaucoma patients that measures just 1 cubic millimeter, CTO Mike Muller said at ARM's TechCon conference. At the conference the company also introducted its first 64-bit chip. The ARMv8 adds 64-bit addressing capabilities, an improvement over the current ARMv7-A architecture, which is capable of up to 40-bit addressing. The architecture puts ARM into more direct competition with Intel and its 64-bit Xeon processors."
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There is a big wtf in the summary (Score:2)

by JonySuede (1908576) writes:

The architecture puts ARM into more direct competition with Intel and its 64-bit Xeon processors
WTF!!! ostie!
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  by JonySuede (1908576) writes:
  
  I forgot the obligatory car analogy
  This nanocarbon frame and that disele engine put this subcompact in the same category as a stealth tank
too bad that article is useless (Score:1)

by larry bagina (561269) writes:

It mentions 64-bit addressing, not 64-bit registers. Maybe it's just me, but 64-bit registers is not the same as 32-bit registers with extended addresses.

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ARM goes 64-bit with its new ARMv8 chip architectu

There is a big wtf in the summary (Score:2)

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too bad that article is useless (Score:1)