Taiwanese OEMs Consider ARM Products For Windows 8

siliconbits writes "At CeBIT 2011, we went around the stands from some of the biggest component manufacturers in the world and asked them a simple question, would you consider bringing out ARM products (barebones, laptops, tablets, motherboards) for Windows 8? The answer was a unanimous yes; like Microsoft, the same firms that have been faithful Intel and AMD partners for years are prepared to explore other territories as soon as Windows 8 will go live."

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[Rockoon]

Most (all?) 64-bit compilers produce SSE single precision and double precision code by default. It is the x87 stack that is the odd-man out, contrary to what you are making it sound like.

All x64 CPU's support both single and double precision SSE, which is why its the default for 64-bit targets. If you are targeting a 32-bit OS, then a 32-bit binary cannot simply assume that single precision SSE is available, let alone the later double-precision support of SSE2.

Also, the x87 FPU performs calculations in 80-bit precision, so is not directly comparable to SSE's single and double precision features.

Finally, it is not "some compilers".. its ALL THE MAJOR ONES, both 32-bit and 64-bit.