Roy Smith wrote:
Paul Schlyter <pausch@NOSPAMsaaf.se> wrote:But whenever that "4 GByte limit" becomes too limiting, it is possible to start using different segments again. [...] don't expect this to happen until more than 4 GBytes of RAM gets common.If Moore's law holds, that only a couple of years away. Today we're at the point where most desktops or laptops ship with at least 256 Meg, and it's not uncommon to find a Gig in a high-end personal machine.
And we can expect that time to be accompanied by processors that can directly address 64-bit address spaces, with some fraction of the additional address lines implemented. -michael 8-voice music synthesizer using NadaNet networking! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/