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>Spelling it out like that sure gives some perspective - It's a frighteningly low number! Yeah, it's very common for computers to have byte addressable 4 exaby
by coldtea 2y ago
>Spelling it out like that sure gives some perspective - It's a frighteningly low number!
Yeah, it's very common for computers to have byte addressable 4 exabytes of storage...
- im3w1l 2y agoWell I used to think 64 bits would be enough forever basically, I guess that's why I was a little shocked that it actually might become insufficient at some point even if its far off.
- xigoi 2y agoI do not look forward to the future where common software requires exabytes of memory.
- coldtea 2y agoI'd say it's more likely that in the future we'll regress to 8-bit machines, losing the ability to sustain fab technology, than we'll exhaust 64 bits address space. Having said that, with the advances of Electron apps, you might very well have a point...