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Επειδη πολλοι, βιαστηκαν (ως συνηθως) να πουν οτι ουτε τα 64 bit σημαινουν τιποτα και ειναι απλα μαρκετινκ , καποιοι βλεπουν λιγο πιο μακρια ....
http://whitenoise.gizmodo.com/64-bi...ans-and-what-it-means-f-1295764870/1299910455
Probably the most underrated announcement Apple made on Tuesday was its move to 64-bit architecture for the iPhone 5S. It's an industry first, and one with major repercussions both for your phone and for the future of Apple. Here's why it matters.
A more thorough technical explanation of 64-bit architecture follows below, but in terms of actual, noticeable differences the A7 processor will bring to the iPhone 5S, the list is surprisingly short. It will help speed up the intensive image processing necessitated by those fancy new camera features. It'll enable games with better graphics and larger worlds. And it'll make CPU-intensive operations—like, say, scanning your fingerprint to unlock your phone—happen without any noticeable lag.
That's what's in it for you right now. But 64-bit is part of a longer game Apple, and every other hardware manufacturer, has been playing for some time. Not only does it allow for more RAM in mobile devices (4GB, an amount no one needs today but the inevitable future), it clears a path for Apple to release a MacBook Air, or some sort of laptop-tablet convertible, on a super-efficient mobile processor. Conversely, it clears the path to put OS X on a mobile device. In short: It positions Apple perfectly for the coming convergence of desktop and mobile.
Again, Apple's not the only company doing this; ARM will be bringing 64-bit architecture to its friends at Samsung, Acer, Lenovo, and so on in short order. Any major product shifts resulting from 64-bit also aren't likely to happen any time soon; as always happens, this is just one of several pieces (hello, batteries) that need to come into place for an idealized hybrid device to come to fruition.
So we're a long way off from seeing the full benefits of 64-bit mobile guts. That's fine. That just means we have plenty of time to get caught up on what it means, exactly, compliments of White Noise contributor dccorona below.
.....So, this is where the "twice as fast" saying about 64-bit vs 32-bit comes into play. That saying isn't entirely true, but the idea is that some operations can be made UP TO twice as fast.
So, what does this mean in your everyday life? Certain operations aren't going to be made any faster at all...applications that deal with just integer and character operations/comparisons, etc. won't be made any faster (a word processor app, for example). You won't be seeing a vast improvement in the performance of your notes app due to the new architecture, for example. However, things that are graphics intensive and require a lot of operations on pixel and color data, physics calculations, etc. will benefit greatly...these are large numbers being operated on, and there's a lot of them, so you can see where the larger registers can come into play.
http://whitenoise.gizmodo.com/64-bi...ans-and-what-it-means-f-1295764870/1299910455
Probably the most underrated announcement Apple made on Tuesday was its move to 64-bit architecture for the iPhone 5S. It's an industry first, and one with major repercussions both for your phone and for the future of Apple. Here's why it matters.
A more thorough technical explanation of 64-bit architecture follows below, but in terms of actual, noticeable differences the A7 processor will bring to the iPhone 5S, the list is surprisingly short. It will help speed up the intensive image processing necessitated by those fancy new camera features. It'll enable games with better graphics and larger worlds. And it'll make CPU-intensive operations—like, say, scanning your fingerprint to unlock your phone—happen without any noticeable lag.
That's what's in it for you right now. But 64-bit is part of a longer game Apple, and every other hardware manufacturer, has been playing for some time. Not only does it allow for more RAM in mobile devices (4GB, an amount no one needs today but the inevitable future), it clears a path for Apple to release a MacBook Air, or some sort of laptop-tablet convertible, on a super-efficient mobile processor. Conversely, it clears the path to put OS X on a mobile device. In short: It positions Apple perfectly for the coming convergence of desktop and mobile.
Again, Apple's not the only company doing this; ARM will be bringing 64-bit architecture to its friends at Samsung, Acer, Lenovo, and so on in short order. Any major product shifts resulting from 64-bit also aren't likely to happen any time soon; as always happens, this is just one of several pieces (hello, batteries) that need to come into place for an idealized hybrid device to come to fruition.
So we're a long way off from seeing the full benefits of 64-bit mobile guts. That's fine. That just means we have plenty of time to get caught up on what it means, exactly, compliments of White Noise contributor dccorona below.
.....So, this is where the "twice as fast" saying about 64-bit vs 32-bit comes into play. That saying isn't entirely true, but the idea is that some operations can be made UP TO twice as fast.
So, what does this mean in your everyday life? Certain operations aren't going to be made any faster at all...applications that deal with just integer and character operations/comparisons, etc. won't be made any faster (a word processor app, for example). You won't be seeing a vast improvement in the performance of your notes app due to the new architecture, for example. However, things that are graphics intensive and require a lot of operations on pixel and color data, physics calculations, etc. will benefit greatly...these are large numbers being operated on, and there's a lot of them, so you can see where the larger registers can come into play.
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