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Re:New optimizations for X86 in upcoming GCC 5.0: PIC in 32 ... by feld on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @08:40AM (#9380534)
There are a lot of embedded 32bit x86 still being produced. Just because it's not in your desktop anymore doesn't mean it ceased to exist.
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Re:New optimizations for X86 in upcoming GCC 5.0: PIC in 32 ... by mrsteveman1 on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @07:52PM (#9385032)
Indeed, Intel is still actively producing new 32-bit CPUs with their Quark line [1], and quite a few consumer products that people would easily recognize have shipped [2] in the last few years with 32-bit Atom SoC's.

The PC Engines ALIX [3] series (with a 32-bit AMD Geode LX onboard), is also pretty widely used as a firewall/router, and is actively supported by pfSense and several other software distributions.

[1] http://ark.intel.com/products/family/79047

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(system_on_chip)

[3] http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm

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