Aug 26, 2026, 7:07 AMOne is so used to 64-bit architectures being the normal nowadays, that 32- and 16-bit seem like more or less equally old and irrelevant. Especially 32- and 16-bit Intel architecture. 32-bit ARM is a bit more fresh in memory.
- Aug 26, 2026, 7:07 AM
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DevonFroschdevonfrosch@zug.networkAug 26, 2026, 7:19 AM@tml I mean... I don't see that much difference to the 2000s where 8bit and 16bit seemed equally out of date to me when I started with computing...
Question is if there will be a follow up to x64 or if we're stuck with it for the rest of our lives 😄
Khleedrilkhleedril@cyberplace.socialAug 26, 2026, 8:56 AM@devonfrosch @tml Hopefully RISC-V will become more eminent.
Marko Karppinenkarppinen@mastodon.onlineAug 26, 2026, 7:30 AM@tml My desktop was 64-bit 30 years ago but I'm still very much dealing with 32-bit ARM boxes every day. So to me 16-bit is still the very old stuff the way 32-bit just isn’t.
- Aug 26, 2026, 7:36 AM
@karppinen Let me guess, you had an Alpha?
- Marko Karppinenkarppinen@mastodon.onlineAug 26, 2026, 7:37 AM
@tml SGI Indy R5000
PhosphenesPhosphenes@glasgow.socialAug 26, 2026, 10:39 AMWhile 2038 is the Y2K issue of Unix, I assumed 32 bit clocks would be gone by then.
Now I'm not so sure! It would be funny if Y2K got all the attention because it is a sexy round number, while 2038 bit us in the ass because it didn't fit anyone's eschaton.