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Current chips don't even actually support 64 bits of hardware address yet, seeing as few users can afford 2 exbibytes of DRAM and shuffling around a full 64 bit
by ip26 6y ago
Current chips don't even actually support 64 bits of hardware address yet, seeing as few users can afford 2 exbibytes of DRAM and shuffling around a full 64 bits of hardware address is a noticeable tax on the chip.
- saagarjha 6y agoLarge address spaces are useful for virtual memory reasons, not because you literally have petabytes of RAM physically attached to your machine.