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Current x86 architectures only use 48 bits for addressing. That’s still enough to address ~280TB of RAM. I expect that to change before upgrading to 128-bit poi
by stochastic_monk 8y ago
Current x86 architectures only use 48 bits for addressing. That’s still enough to address ~280TB of RAM. I expect that to change before upgrading to 128-bit pointers.
- red75prime 8y ago128 bits are nearly enough to address every atom in the Universe. Such pointers are mostly a waste of memory space. > I expect that to change before upgrading to 128-bit pointers. Or the joke was wasted on me. Did you mean it will never be feasible?