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minus-squareHiddenLayer555@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoA surprising number of embedded devices (you know, the ones controlling machinery in factories and stuff) are still running 32-bit processors.
minus-squareWasPentalive@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoBut you can still do 64 bit math on a 32 bit processor, if you have a carry/borrow flag.
A surprising number of embedded devices (you know, the ones controlling machinery in factories and stuff) are still running 32-bit processors.
But you can still do 64 bit math on a 32 bit processor, if you have a carry/borrow flag.