Windows 8 x128 !!!?? – The next PC revolution has is begun!
Sep 24, 2009 Windows 8 News
In my endless search for tiny details hidden behind the scenes at Microsoft via linkedin, I came across a Microsoft Senior Research & Development employee: Mr. Morgan. I guess Microsoft employees need some training about exposing company secrets! He posted a few updates in the last 3 days to his linkedin profile that I find extremely interesting:
“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.”
“Robert Morgan is using Hestia (custom software package) for experimenting with the processor for scientific analysis and 3D graphics. Error: Memory Latency? Always gotta be a challenge barrier, it’s gotta be a bug in Hestia. right?!”
“Robert Morgan is frustrated with process standards and regulations! Delays Delays!”
I added Mr. Morgan to my LinkedIn friends list, but he has not responded to any messages I sent to him. WOW what a find: WINDOWS 8 128 BIT! That’s Insane!!!! Didn’t we just get x64 less than 5 years ago? But, let’s face it we are in a recession; the next big products won’t be released until companies are ready to take a risk, but based on this they are far ahead of where we are today in the lab. Stay Tuned, I’ll try to find more, but I don’t think I can top this, Windows 8 x128 is a big deal
Tags: 128 bit, 3D, Breaking News, hardware, IA-128, IA-64, Job Posting, Leak, Microsoft, Research & Development, Resume, Software, windows 8, Windows 8 64bit, Windows 8 Blog, Windows 8 Leak, Windows 8 News, Windows 8 x128, Windows 8 x64, Windows 9
September 24th, 2009 at 6:57 am
Holy Crap, why isn’t this all over the news or other Windows 8 News sites? surely others found this if he’s been on linkedin for awhile and where are all the bloggers to confirm all this??
September 24th, 2009 at 7:55 am
This will still take years to get released. should I even buy a 64bit computer now, thank god he says he’s working on making 128 work with 64 bit.
September 24th, 2009 at 8:08 am
wtf! lol that guy is fired! Also, great site for Windows 8 News!
September 24th, 2009 at 8:56 am
ugh
September 24th, 2009 at 11:03 am
I don’t understand some of this. what is an IA?
September 25th, 2009 at 6:02 am
omg 128!?1?!
September 25th, 2009 at 9:00 am
My system better work with this stuff if they release it within the next 2 years, I swear to god, drivers better work too, 64bit drivers are so hard to find.
September 25th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Microsoft is gonna be all over this guy’s ass.
September 25th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Praise the lord! Can’t wait for Windows 8!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
I can’t wait for Windows 128-bit!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
128-bit is in PS2? More Information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/128-bit
September 26th, 2009 at 10:54 am
looks like they are really advancing:
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/Barrelfish/
September 28th, 2009 at 8:14 am
anyone have any other sources? I don’t trust that wiki
October 6th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Looks like a french site took this article:
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcinpact.com%2Factu%2Fnews%2F53414-windows-8-kernel-128-bits.htm%3Fca%3D%26vc%3D1%26p%3D3%26%23c2678406&lp=fr_en&btnTrUrl=Translate
October 6th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
and now: http://msftkitchen.com/2009/10/exclusive-windows-8-and-windows-9-kernals-to-support-128-bit-architecture.html#comments
wow
October 6th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
[...] Here are some of Robert’s previous updates *AS ALREADY REPORTED HERE FIRST: [...]
October 7th, 2009 at 4:43 am
[...] a a user on a Windows forum apparently ran across Robert Morgan’s profile and posted it on 9/24. Fortunately for us, it seems Mr. Morgan likes to talk about his work through his [...]
October 7th, 2009 at 11:09 am
[...] Windows 8 News found Morgan’s profile first and immediately started trying to get in contact with him over LinkedIn. When we saw this, we leaned back and waited to see if they could get a response from him. They did. The site claims it has managed to get an exclusive interview with Morgan and is letting its readers to ask questions. The deadline is October 11, 2009 so head on over and post your queries. [...]
October 7th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
@lorinc: I actually ran across this LinkedIn listing prior to seeing it here. I made the post, Googled for 128-bit Windows and saw it here. That’s when I updated my post to reflect that it had been posted here previously. The reputable French site, pcimpact, posted theirs in reference to my article.
When it comes to scouring through LinkedIn profiles, I’m essentially the one who got that ball rolling for everyone. The problem is, everyone seems to be doing it now and pretending they’ve been tirelessly doing it all along. Truth is, my blog is the source for a heck of a lot of the Windows 8 information out there but everyone wants to take the credit.
If you want the proof, pop this in Google, click for the cached page and compare the dates of my original posts to anywhere you can find the same story online:
site:uxevangelist.blogspot.com “Windows 8″
Now, having said all of that, I’m not some egomaniacal gloryhound. Far from it. I’ve just had my content ripped without proper credit for far too long now and knowing how it feels, I thought I would set the record straight here and correct any misconception that I made my post being fully aware of the content existing here.
And, yes, I just changed my blog from UX Evangelist to Microsoft Kitchen – just in case you were wondering. Thanks for reading.
-Stephen
October 7th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
[...] Windows 8 News found Morgan’s profile first and immediately started trying to get in contact with him over LinkedIn. When we saw this, we leaned back and waited to see if they could get a response from him. They did. The site claims it has managed to get an exclusive interview with Morgan and is letting its readers to ask questions. The deadline is October 11, 2009 so head on over and post your queries. This news is interesting because we always thought Windows 7 would be the last release that had 32-bit and 64-bit versions. This was brought on by the fact that Windows Server 2008 R2, the server version of Windows 7, was the first Windows Server release to be 64-bit only. The next client version of Windows should therefore follow suit, but apparently Microsoft is going to prepare it for 128-bit as well. We’re not saying Windows 8 will definitely come in 64-bit and 128-bit flavors, but Microsoft is moving down that path, and at the very least, Windows 9 will. [...]
October 7th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
[...] no queda muy claro, mas leyendo la fuente de la noticia de ars tecnica del Blog Windows & News: Windows 8 News Windows 8 x128 !!!?? – The next PC revolution has is begun! | Into the Future w… como que queda algo mas claro: [...]
October 7th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
It is exceptionally unlikely he’s talking about 128-bit memory addressability (even though it does say IA-128… interesting). We’re so far off from the limits of the 64-bit memory space hardware-wise (think of the number of memory sticks!)… heck, NTFS itself is only 64-bit (theoretical), and we’re not really pushing that limit yet. My guess is that he’s talking about the 128-bit *FPU* in AMD’s coming “Bulldozer” processors: http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/4/15/amds-next-gen-bulldozer-is-a-128-bit-crunching-monster.aspx.
October 8th, 2009 at 12:29 am
[...] status update, according to Windows 8 News the following was posted by Robert earlier this [...]
October 8th, 2009 at 12:45 am
Why should we care about IA-128, or even IA-64?
They are present only on Itanium processors, and are NOT compatible with x86 and x64 !
From my knowledge Itanium processor are found only on few Servers, so if you don’t own such a server, I don’t see why should you care about this…
For now only Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 support IA-64…
More info here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IA-64
October 8th, 2009 at 1:42 am
[...] Windows 8 News found Morgan’s profile first and immediately started trying to get in contact with him over LinkedIn. When we saw this, we leaned back and waited to see if they could get a response from him. They did. The site claims it has managed to get an exclusive interview with Morgan and is letting its readers to ask questions. The deadline is October 11, 2009 so head on over and post your queries. [...]
October 8th, 2009 at 2:23 am
[...] to Windows 8 News who first spotted the LinkedIn profile, users have till October 11 to post questions to Robert [...]
October 8th, 2009 at 3:01 am
[...] to Windows 8 News who first spotted the LinkedIn profile, users have till October 11 to post questions to Robert [...]
October 8th, 2009 at 5:23 am
[...] Development at Microsoft) LinkedIn profile. The profile is your typical LinkedIn profile, though Windows 8 News found some pretty interesting info. Unfortunately Morgan’s profile has since been removed [...]
October 8th, 2009 at 5:47 am
[...] cat is out of the bag though, and Windows 8 News has even gotten Robert Morgan, the engineer in question to agree to an interview since there is no [...]
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October 8th, 2009 at 6:16 am
[...] regards to Windows, a user on a Windows forum apparently ran across Robert Morgan’s profile and posted it on 9/24. Fortunately for us, it seems Mr. Morgan likes to talk about his work through his status; [...]
October 8th, 2009 at 7:26 am
[...] 128-bit processor currently, codenamed "Bulldozer". Another status update, according to Windows 8 News the following was posted by Robert earlier this year: "Robert Morgan is working to get [...]
October 8th, 2009 at 8:28 am
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October 8th, 2009 at 10:04 am
[...] status update, according to Windows 8 News the following was posted by Robert earlier this [...]
October 8th, 2009 at 11:45 am
ZyZyX: IA = Intel Architecture
October 8th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
[...] 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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October 8th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
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October 8th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
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October 14th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Gee it’s about time, 64bit processors have been around since the late 1960’s. I worked on IBM’s 360/65 then. I’m surprised that we aren’t running 256bit parallel computers by now! This 128bit isn’t any big shock just natural evolution. We have run 32bit into the the ground and need to move on.
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