
On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 09:18:57AM +1300, Peter Reutemann wrote:
The proposal would only involve Intel/AMD x86 with 32-bit ARM being unaffected given that 32-bit ARM is still very common to devices. "
Does anyone know if one can even purchase 64-bit ARM hardware at a resonable price? (I.e. I would say "32-bit ARM is still very common" is a collosal understatement of its current ubiquity amongst extant ARM hardware.)
There seem be Opteron dev kits shipping: http://www.forbes.com/sites/marcochiappetta/2014/07/31/amd-opteron-64-bit-ar... HTC Desire 510 (with Snapdragon 410 chip) http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/08/first-64-bit-android-phone-has-no-64-... Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174