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To: dale_laroy who wrote (140220)7/26/2001 4:57:18 PM
From: brushwud  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
This legacy compatibility included LIM to enable 8086 applications to access up to 8MB of memory using bank switching. What similar legacy feature do you see propelling x86-64 to the forefront?

Oh, I don't know. I guess x86-64 apps will have to make do with 2^40 = 1,000,000 MB.