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Re:New optimizations for X86 in upcoming GCC 5.0: PIC in 32 ... by Narishma on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @09:00AM (#9380640)
Up until recently, a lot of Atoms were 32-bit only. Mostly for market segmentation reasons.
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Re:New optimizations for X86 in upcoming GCC 5.0: PIC in 32 ... by userbinator on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @09:38AM (#9380863)
Also power consumption/die area.
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