Re: 64-bit computers?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5557ss$c4c@news.ysu.edu>,
Adalbert Goertz <be404@yfn.ysu.edu> wrote:
>Are there any 64-bit computers? Which??

   Yes. The DEC Alpha microprocessor series are 64 bit processors, the
R4000 and up from Mips (used in Silicon Graphics workstations and the
R4600 is used in the Nintendo Ultra 64 game console). I'd expect that
certain SPARC variants have 64 bit processors, but it's been a while
since I bothered to get all the specs on their processors.

   Intel's Pentium is only a 32-bit processor internally, but has a
64-bit wide bus to the processor. This is so that it can grab more
out of memory at once.

Nathan Mates

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