Intel mulls cutting 16 and 32-bit support, booting straight into 64-bit mode

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[–]notafed 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I wonder how much circuitry they could remove from the chip die by doing this.

[–]jerkwad152 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not much.