64 bit & Dual Core Applications

[MT01XP]

64bit CPUs have been around for quite a while now, Dual Cores slightly less, but what portion of software on the market at the moment has been optimised for these architechtures?

 

[MT01XP]

Seems a shame really.

The Ghz race meant a direct impact on performance out of the box. With these new architectures, how long is it going to take software developers to take avantage of them across the board?

Quad core cpus will probably be widespread before software is available for even single core 64bit.