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From: cafe@cbnewse.att.com (richard.dib)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Is 32 bits enough?
Summary: Do we need 64 bits microprocesors?
Message-ID: <1990Oct12.064324.24421@cbnewse.att.com>
Date: 12 Oct 90 06:43:24 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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Hi everybody :

I am a student at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.  We are working
in a computer architecture project and we would like to know your 
opinion about a few things.  

  You know that microprocesors have grown from 8 bits to 16 bits to 
32 bits. What do you think about the posibility of larger word and 
instruction sizes? Do we need a 64 bits microprocesors?  If so, what 
applications do you think will demand this increased word size?  
Do you think that the future machines will feature 64 bits microprocesors?

If you know about any papers or articles that talk about this issue please
notify us.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Richard Dib
University of Wisconsin - Madison