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ARM 64-bit CPUs coming soon, says report

Peter Clarke, EETimes
11/19/2010 9:48 AM EST

LONDON –  Processor intellectual property licensor ARM Holdings plc is expected to reveal its plans for processor cores that support 64-bit computing, within the next few weeks, according to an IDG news service report that cited sources close the company speaking at an ARM technology conference in Taipei.

ARM (Cambridge, England) has shown "samples" according to the report (see below).

The move is not unexpected although the detail of how a move to 64-bits would be archieved, its multicore support and when production volume chips would be available, would be of great interest.