jwr1@kbin.earth to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhy we don't have 128-bit CPUswww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago32 bit CPU’s having difficulty accessing greater than 4gb of memory was exclusively a windows problem.
minus-squareaard@kyu.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYou still had a 4GB memory limit for processes, as well as a total memory limit of 64GB. Especially the first one was a problem for Java apps before AMD introduced 64bit extensions and a reason to use Sun servers for that.
32 bit CPU’s having difficulty accessing greater than 4gb of memory was exclusively a windows problem.
You still had a 4GB memory limit for processes, as well as a total memory limit of 64GB. Especially the first one was a problem for Java apps before AMD introduced 64bit extensions and a reason to use Sun servers for that.