Chris Adams wrote:
Okay, but how many ARM servers are in widespread use? For the
resources
required as a primary arch, there should be a large expected user base.
The first sentence of the detailed description on the feature page is
"ARM processors are the most popular CPUs in the world." but that is
entirely irrelevant if you aren't targeting a significant number of
those CPUs.
ARMv8 will be 64-bit and faster:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#ARMv8_and_64-bit
http://www.arm.com/files/downloads/ARMv8_Architecture.pdf
It should be ready for servers and desktops, maybe, in three-four years.
But not today.