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To: pgerassi who wrote (134793)5/13/2001 1:11:50 PM
From: Robert Salasidis  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
Yes I meant 2^32 bytes. As far as the FPU handling 64 bit integers, it is at a speed penalty compared to native CPU registers (2-10x if I am reading the P4 datasheets right).

The support of large files in a variety of operating systems exists, but again a speed penalty would occur with the use of all pointers to such files.

The point is that these would be situations that a 64 bit CPU would excel in, and benchmarks/applications which require this functionality would show the most benefit.

The fact that the Itanium will only be released at 800 Mhz will likely not matter significantly if its tasks are chosen wisely.
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