On December 26, 2017 10:34:26 AM HST, Will Godfrey <willgodfrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It seems everyone is dropping support for 32 bit machines these days - > including > a number of Linux distros. > > It makes me wonder how long it will be before single core machines go > the same > way. Has anyone seen any hint of that yet? > > I think it was LAC 2008 where I first heard discussion on how to plan > for > multi-core kit - not that I was touching any code back then :) Well, in response to both 32-bit and multicore topics...my wife's old netbook (don't recall exactly how old, but at least 7 years old) came with a 64-bit, dual-core processor. While its hardware is limited to 2GB RAM, it is running 64-bit Ubuntu. Even the processor called a "Pentium" in a cheap little-use desktop I have is 64-bit 2 cores. Even the old, cheap entry-level tablet I'm using has a 64-bit 4-core chip in it. (Not to ignore the 64 GPU cores the Tegra chip also includes.) Single core CPUs went away a long time ago. Just to put it in perspective. -- David W. Jones gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
