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Re: 64-bit embedded computing is here and now

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Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
>> Buy yourself a Raspberry Pi 4 and set it up to run your fish tank via a
>> remote web browser.  There's your 64 bit embedded system.
> I suppose there's a question of what embedded tasks intrinsically require
>>4GiB RAM, and those that do so because it makes programmers' lives easier?

You can buy a Raspberry Pi 4 with up to 8gb of ram, but the most common
configuration is 2gb.  The cpu is 64 bit anyway because why not?

> There are obviously plenty of computer systems doing that, but the
> question I don't know is what applications can be said to be
> 'embedded' but need that kind of RAM.

Lots of stuff is using 32 bit cpus with a few KB of ram these days.  32
bits is displacing 8 bits in the MCU world.

Is 64 bit displacing 32 bit in application processors like the Raspberry
Pi, even when less than 4GB of ram is involved?  I think yes, at least
to some extent, and it will continue.  My fairly low end mobile phone
has 2GB of ram and a 64 bit 4-core processor, I think.

Will 64 bit MCU's displace 32 bit MCUs?  I don't know, maybe not.

Are application processors displacing MCU's in embedded systems?  Not
much in portable and wearable stuff (other than phones) at least for
now, but in larger devices I think yes, at least somewhat for now, and
probably more going forward.  Even if you're not using networking, it
makes software and UI development a heck of a lot easier.

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                Re: 64-bit embedded computing is here and now Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2021-06-09 23:12 +0300
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            Re: 64-bit embedded computing is here and now Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2021-06-08 18:33 -0700
            Re: 64-bit embedded computing is here and now David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-06-09 10:59 +0200
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