Bad compare. Hockey is not a popular game in my country... :)

I just mean maybe 128 bit so meanless or so unbeliavable thing today but world changed with an unbeliavable speed at last 100 years. Today 128 bit seem me too meanless but we can't really imagine 20 years after... when I first saw iPhone I just said thad "There is just one button, that's so silly"... I wouldn't imagine gigabytes 20 years ago...

>Metin,
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>But don't forget that this is not a linear increase in capability, but a factorial.
>Think hockey stick - very gentle slope to vertical line very abruptly. 64 bit to 128 bit is right on that hockey stick joint curve.
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>+++ Rick ---
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>>>>>128-bit OS won't be commonly available for at least 20-30 years, that's my prediction. Too little profit both money wise and performance wise, way too high cost.
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>>>>20-30 years is a looong period for IT. I used 8 bit computers 25 years ago.
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>>>The difference between 64-bit and 128-bit is far, far bigger than most people may realize. The garbage collection on a 128-bit processor will take most of it's power, that's one of the main reasons why the benefit is not going to make it worthwhile for a lot of years. Another thing is that the yield, meaning how many of the produced processors will actually work, also will be very low, meaning that the price will be astronomical.
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>>Don forget your word, let's talk this 10-15 years later... ;)