Windows 8 To Be 128 Bit?



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Windows 7 when it launched on October 22nd will include versions for both 32 bit and 64 bit users.
It’s successor Windows 8 expected in 2011 was expected to only come in a 64 bit version,
because Windows Server 2008 R2 was released in
64 bit form only and the next Windows OS was expected to follow suit.

However it is now believed that Windows 8 might ship in 64bit AND 128 bit versions,
based on the linkedin profile of Microsoft employee Robert Morgan:

Working in high security department for research and development involving
strategic planning for medium and longterm projects.
Research & Development projects including 128bit architecture compatibility with the
Windows 8 kernel and Windows 9 project plan.
Forming relationships with major partners: Intel, AMD, HP, and IBM.

Robert Morgan is working to get IA-128 working backwards with
full binary compatibility on the existing IA-64 instructions
in the hardware simulation to work for Windows 8 and definitely Windows 9.

minority_reportWhether or not Windows 8 will support 128bit remains to be seen,
but at this stage Microsoft are at least considering it.
I’m not sure how likely this will be though; 64 bit adoption is still low and although this
will increase by 2011 I just fear that adding 128bit to
Windows 8 will create a poor customer experience like Vista 64 bit, where driver availability was poor.

Eight Forums have manged to track down Robert via linkedin and they claim that he’s
agreed to give them an interview and he’s letting their readers ask questions.
Questions have to be submitted by October 11th. If he really has agreed to do the interview,
I’d be amazed if he still had a job at Microsoft on October 12th as news on Windows 8 is clearly embargoed at the moment.
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