Comments on: ARMv8 is 64bit, look for video interviews soon http://armdevices.net/2011/10/27/armv8-is-64bit-look-for-video-interviews-soon/ Blog on ARM Powered® devices Thu, 24 May 2012 09:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Anonymous http://armdevices.net/2011/10/27/armv8-is-64bit-look-for-video-interviews-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-10967 Anonymous Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:38:00 +0000 http://armdevices.net/?p=24174#comment-10967 Soon is relative, this is just introducing of the architecture but they have to set up a lot of things before we see any products.  So more like a few years from now and even then it's mainly being pushed for applications that would actually need it and they will continue to use 32bit products for awhile longer. Like the x86 market, it may take over 10 years before everything becomes 64bit.  Though aspects, like memory management will be one of the first things to start becoming common and we'll see that much sooner. Soon is relative, this is just introducing of the architecture but they have to set up a lot of things before we see any products.  So more like a few years from now and even then it’s mainly being pushed for applications that would actually need it and they will continue to use 32bit products for awhile longer.

Like the x86 market, it may take over 10 years before everything becomes 64bit.  Though aspects, like memory management will be one of the first things to start becoming common and we’ll see that much sooner.

]]> By: Anders Kirchenbauer http://armdevices.net/2011/10/27/armv8-is-64bit-look-for-video-interviews-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-10966 Anders Kirchenbauer Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:38:00 +0000 http://armdevices.net/?p=24174#comment-10966 Ask what this means for Thumb/Thumb2 (16-bit data/instructions as an optimization), if there is any new Jazelle type support for JVM or other virtual machines (Having Parrot (PERL), ruby, python, or other JIT VMs hardware accelerated would be awesome, but it is already quite fast on normal ARM), if there are required DSP components and the fate of VFP and what VFP-style hardfloat is required or if we could still see softfloat proprietary drivers that force the whole OS to step down to using emulation when actual FP hardware is in place. Ask what this means for Thumb/Thumb2 (16-bit data/instructions as an optimization), if there is any new Jazelle type support for JVM or other virtual machines (Having Parrot (PERL), ruby, python, or other JIT VMs hardware accelerated would be awesome, but it is already quite fast on normal ARM), if there are required DSP components and the fate of VFP and what VFP-style hardfloat is required or if we could still see softfloat proprietary drivers that force the whole OS to step down to using emulation when actual FP hardware is in place.

]]> By: Marc Guillot Puig http://armdevices.net/2011/10/27/armv8-is-64bit-look-for-video-interviews-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-10964 Marc Guillot Puig Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:53:00 +0000 http://armdevices.net/?p=24174#comment-10964 Finally :). This are great news, soon we won't have to pay the x86 monopoly tax. Finally :) . This are great news, soon we won’t have to pay the x86 monopoly tax.

]]> By: Kraku http://armdevices.net/2011/10/27/armv8-is-64bit-look-for-video-interviews-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-10962 Kraku Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:34:00 +0000 http://armdevices.net/?p=24174#comment-10962 64 bit is necessity for anything serious. http://tietsikka.blogspot.com/2011/10/hp-ja-arm.html 64 bit is necessity for anything serious.
http://tietsikka.blogspot.com/2011/10/hp-ja-arm.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://armdevices.net/2011/10/27/armv8-is-64bit-look-for-video-interviews-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-10960 Anonymous Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:51:00 +0000 http://armdevices.net/?p=24174#comment-10960 WHOA! 64-bit ARM! I was wondering when that would happen. Nice. WHOA! 64-bit ARM! I was wondering when that would happen. Nice.

]]> By: Karel Gardas http://armdevices.net/2011/10/27/armv8-is-64bit-look-for-video-interviews-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-10959 Karel Gardas Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:05:00 +0000 http://armdevices.net/?p=24174#comment-10959 ARMv8, exactly what I'm waiting for! Cool! ARMv8, exactly what I’m waiting for! Cool!

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