Microsoft mulling 128-bit versions of Windows 8, Windows 9
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversMicrosoft is working on 128-bit architecture compatibility with the Windows 8 and Windows 9 kernels. Consequently, the company is also forming relationships with major partners, including Intel, AMD, HP, and IBM.
Believe it or not, Windows 7's successor(s) have been in the planning and early development stages for a while now. We haven't posted anything about any of them yet, but we've been watching closely to see if anything really interesting turned up. Exactly two weeks ago, it did. A LinkedIn profile, which has already been taken down, for a Robert Morgan, Senior Research & Development at Microsoft, has shone a sliver of light on the possibility of 128-bit support coming to Windows 8. Morgan has been with the software giant since January 2002, but we're more intrigued with what his profile (first paragraph) and his status (second paragraph) recently stated:
Working in high security department for research and development involving strategic planning for medium and longterm projects. Research & Development projects including 128bit architecture compatibility with the Windows 8 kernel and Windows 9 project plan. Forming relationships with major partners: Intel, AMD, HP, and IBM.
Robert Morgan is working to get IA-128 working backwards with full binary compatibility on the existing IA-64 instructions in the hardware simulation to work for Windows 8 and definitely Windows 9.
Windows 8 News found Morgan's profile first and immediately started trying to get in contact with him over LinkedIn. When we saw this, we leaned back and waited to see if they could get a response from him. They did. The site claims it has managed to get an exclusive interview with Morgan and is letting its readers to ask questions. The deadline is October 11, 2009 so head on over and post your queries.
This news is interesting because we always thought Windows 7 would be the last release that had 32-bit and 64-bit versions. This was brought on by the fact that Windows Server 2008 R2, the server version of Windows 7, was the first Windows Server release to be 64-bit only. The next client version of Windows should therefore follow suit, but apparently Microsoft is going to prepare it for 128-bit as well. We're not saying Windows 8 will definitely come in 64-bit and 128-bit flavors, but Microsoft is moving down that path, and at the very least, Windows 9 will.
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Comments(13)
i am running windows 8 now, however not on 128bit (not invented yet)
yeah right, you are running windows 8? post some screenshots then.
v9 really? maybe if they focused their resources on 8, they could avoid disasters like
vista, the greedy bastards. vista was the last os i'll ever pay for from m$. two years
later and i'm still pissed.
where is the 64 bit apps? (i know- few exists now). dont tell me about 128 bit, please.
skip 128bit go for 256bit instead and make it release in year of 2014
if this is not a joke, it is stupid to say the least. we have mature 64 bit processors
today and the majority of applications is still 32 bit. unless this new 128 bit windows
will run on gpus or future cpu/gpu hybrids.
do it already!!!
man, pigs can fly? microsoft can lay?
or on second thought, 1024 bit windows. :) :)
itt: everyone talks bullshit! there is no 128bit windows 8. ediots...
windows 7 8 9...0
what exactly is the benefit of having a 128 bit operating system or application? with 64
bit we can already adress over 18 billion gigabiytes of ram. so that cant be it. what
else?
never paid for windows!!... who cares if they bring 2kzillon bit too!.... we are not
gonnna pay for it!.... heh!
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