This is a risky step but one that needs to be taken, as most utilities are already 64-bit and continuing to support 32-bit systems is very expensive and unnecessary.
Intel x86S
Its new architecture is based, as we mentioned, on concentrating only on 64-bit systems, that would be your idea and therefore it will no longer have compatibility or support for systems with less.
32-bit no longer supports more than 4GB of memory, which is currently ridiculous to think that in the future a computer or system won’t carry more.
Today it is already difficult to see computers that use less than 64 bits, since there are operating systems such as Windows 11 that do not allow it. However, Intel continued to manufacture them with any compatibility in case the user needed them. From now on, it will be the opposite. Regardless of the operating system we use, if we have the new Intel x86 processors, we will not be able to run them unless we use at least 64 bits.
This is well thought out since, if Windows 11 does not allow this, future versions will not roll back either, and, therefore, all new computers sold will be in the latest version, i.e. they will include something that the user will not do. being able to use it is nonsense and an additional cost.
But this would not only emphasize cost or obsolescence, but also efficiency for the user, since, newer models would have higher speed due to not having to page out previous modes when booting. It may be milliseconds, but hey, every improvement counts.
Intel tries to convince us of these improvements with some points detailed by them with the advantages of the new architecture. They would be next.
- Use of the simplified 64-bit segmentation model for 32-bit application segmentation support, matching what is already used by modern operating systems.
- Removed rings 1 and 2 (which are not used by modern software) and deprecated segmentation features such as gates.
- Removed 16-bit addressing.
- Removed support for ring 3 I/O port access.
- Removed chain port I/O, which supported an outdated CPU-driven I/O model.
- Limit the use of the local interrupt handler (APIC) to X2APIC and remove support for the old 8259.
- Remove some unused OS mode bits.
Given this, we are sure that AMD will not take long to decide on the matter and copy the strategy of its rival, since for them these are also all advantages.
In short, the era of less than 64 bits is a thing of the past, from today we will see more modern and faster systems based on new features that will take us by leaps and bounds towards a totally technological future. .
