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To: RDM who wrote (54742)4/8/1999 12:48:00 AM
From: Gary Ng  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1571757
 
RDM, Re: I have read that some future versions of Xeon, while not strictly 64 bits throughout will have extended addressing beyond 4 Gibabytes.

If that is the case, the author is making serious mistake. BTW,
I thought the extended addressing is only 36 bit(?)

Gary



To: RDM who wrote (54742)4/8/1999 10:03:00 AM
From: Elmer  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1571757
 
Re: "The 64 bit machine they may be using is possibly some version of the Xeon. I have read that some future versions of Xeon, while not strictly 64 bits throughout will have extended addressing beyond 4 Gibabytes. "

36 Bit addressing has been in place since the PPro.

EP


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