Chromium for 12.1 x86_64 requires 32 bit packages

Is there a good reason why Chromium for Suse12.1 x86_64 requires ~47 extra packages to be installed most of which are 32 bit duplicates of the base x86_64 install?

The same seems true for x86_64 Chrome as downloaded from Google. Is Chrome/Chromium still inherently 32bit?

I would prefer to use 64bit …