The next major release of Micromine (Micromine 2020) will no longer support installation or use on computers with a 32-bit processor. There are a number of technical reasons why we have made this move, mainly revolving around the ability to access more RAM. 32-bit processors are limited to 4GB which is starting to become a limitation to functionality in Micromine, especially in some of the future development projects we have planned for our users.
Additionally, the development effort to support both 32 and 64-bit processors was high and impacted on our ability to deliver new functionality to our clients.
Micromine isn’t the only global technology house to make this decision, Nvidia (you probably have one of their graphic cards in your machine) announced they were ending support for 32-bit operating systems in April last year.
“We surveyed all of our regional offices, prior to making this decision, to ensure that this would not significantly impact our clients.” Said Mark Gabbitus, Strategic Product Manager for Micromine. “We appreciate that there are probably a few older computers out there with 32-bit processors running Micromine that will need to do a hardware upgrade but we felt that the time was right to make this move.”
If you feel that this change will significantly affect your operation please contact your local support office to discuss options.
