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I agree, most numbers we deal with fit in 32 bits with the exception of double precision floating point and indexes for really large data sets. As Moore's law seems to be ending perhaps there might be a sweet spot at 48bits for both integer and FP.

The one thing I found absurd with RISC-V is the 128bit variant. Most 64bit processors today don't even support a full 64bit virtual address space do they?



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