Re:The future of 32-bit Linux
by usr1106 on Saturday December 05, 2020 @08:26PM
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While 16 bit CPUs are good for many purposes, these are not the same purposes where you have run Linux ever and where 32 bit is currently being replaced by 64 bit. So the analogy is not helpful.
Maybe 64 bit CPUs can get more resource efficient than older 32 bit models. But that's a misdirected use of resources if you use such technolgy to make 32 bit CPUs obsolete. With the same technology 32 bit will always use less resource-demanding than 64 bit. And the claim was that 32 bit has so many use cases (basically all phones and many PCs) that economics of scale are possible.
Of course the nonsense model that you don't pay for Internet services directly, but use Javascript and a lot of other bloat software to run advertisements on your phone to pay via a massive detour is not an energy-efficient approach.
Maybe 64 bit CPUs can get more resource efficient than older 32 bit models. But that's a misdirected use of resources if you use such technolgy to make 32 bit CPUs obsolete. With the same technology 32 bit will always use less resource-demanding than 64 bit. And the claim was that 32 bit has so many use cases (basically all phones and many PCs) that economics of scale are possible.
Of course the nonsense model that you don't pay for Internet services directly, but use Javascript and a lot of other bloat software to run advertisements on your phone to pay via a massive detour is not an energy-efficient approach.