ARM takes first steps in moving away from 32bit

[Lucap]

Arm emits Cortex-A76 – its first 64-bit-only CPU core (in kernel mode)

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/31/arm_cortex_a76/

This move is part of Arm's unhurried stroll away from its years-old 32-bit instruction set. Supporting only 64-bit A64 in privileged modes simplifies the design of the CPU, freeing up space on the chip die for other features or potentially reducing its power draw.

Going fully 64-bit-only – for both apps and operating systems – is "the obvious next step," Peter Greenhalgh, Arm's veep of technology, told The Register, but stressed this will "take a little longer

And to think someone said i didn't know what i was talking about when i said that it was rumoured that ARM 32bit might be next to be dropped.

[Hoser Rob]

... And to think someone said i didn't know what i was talking about when i said that it was rumoured that ARM 32bit might be next to be dropped.

You going to do this every time you're proven right?

[noweare]

Can't what until the embedded guys start using that core.

[Lucap]

Can't what until the embedded guys start using that core.

Do you mean as in the Raspberry type boards?