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"64-bit memory read. The source register contains a 32-bit byte address, which must be phrase aligned. The destination register will have the low long-word load

"64-bit memory read. The source register contains a 32-bit byte address, which must be phrase aligned. The destination register will have the low long-word loaded into it, the high long-word is available in the high-half register. This applies to external memory only." Which is 32-bit addressing, not 64-bit. Exactly what was claimed in the comment you're responding to.

varelse 14y ago
Sure, 32-bit addressing with 64-bit memory operations, but that said, I wasn't aware of any existing videogame console even today with 4GB or more of memory so it seems a bit pedantic to disqualify on that basis or are you saying there has yet to actually be such a console? Or are you saying if the chip squanders transistors so that it's capable of 64-bit addressing, but they're useless because there's less than a GB of memory on-board, the addressing alone constitutes magic blue crystals of 64-bit legitimacy? The horrendous handling of the Jaguar by Atari aside, and despite its unfortunate resemblance to a bedpan, it was a surprisingly powerful machine for the time, no harder to program than the ragingly successful PS2 (IMO of course), and the best way to show it off was to make full use of its 66 MHz worth of instruction issue (2 x 26.6 MHz RISC process plus a 13.3 MHz 68000 and its 64-bit memory operations. For example, the Jaguar version of Doom was the best of all ports at the time: http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Atari_Jaguar http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Atari_Jaguar All that said, I find reminiscing on video game consoles of the past to be a more positive experience than what this lawsuit has demonstrated about the state of patent law. Sure, Samsung copied Apple's look and feel. Why is this and why should this be illegal unless they literally slapped the word IPhone or IPad on their gadgets? Might as well have banned the Chevy Camaro for copying the Ford Mustang IMO.
- protomyth 14y ago
  It is a 32-bit architecture based on how people measure 32-bit architectures. It is not capable of addressing 64-bit either logically or physically. Having a wide bus to memory is not a qualifier for calling something 64-bit. > "plus a 13.3 MHz 68000 and its 64-bit memory operations" The 68000 does not have 64-bit memory operations. It has 32-bit addressing logically, but only had 24-bit physically which cause some problems with folks who did "clever" things on the Mac. I'll go with the traditional definition of a GPU which means goes back to the Amiga for personal computers. > Sure, Samsung copied Apple's look and feel. Why is this and why should this be illegal unless they literally slapped the word IPhone or IPad on their gadgets? Might as well have banned the Chevy Camaro for copying the Ford Mustang IMO. Trade-dress has a long history of protection in the US. It was part of consumer fraud protection. http://corporate.findlaw.com/intellectual-property/trade-dress-the-forgotten-trademark-right.html http://corporate.findlaw.com/intellectual-property/trade-dre...

varelse 14y ago

Sure, 32-bit addressing with 64-bit memory operations, but that said, I wasn't aware of any existing videogame console even today with 4GB or more of memory so it seems a bit pedantic to disqualify on that basis or are you saying there has yet to actually be such a console? Or are you saying if the chip squanders transistors so that it's capable of 64-bit addressing, but they're useless because there's less than a GB of memory on-board, the addressing alone constitutes magic blue crystals of 64-bit legitimacy? The horrendous handling of the Jaguar by Atari aside, and despite its unfortunate resemblance to a bedpan, it was a surprisingly powerful machine for the time, no harder to program than the ragingly successful PS2 (IMO of course), and the best way to show it off was to make full use of its 66 MHz worth of instruction issue (2 x 26.6 MHz RISC process plus a 13.3 MHz 68000 and its 64-bit memory operations. For example, the Jaguar version of Doom was the best of all ports at the time: http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Atari_Jaguar http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Atari_Jaguar All that said, I find reminiscing on video game consoles of the past to be a more positive experience than what this lawsuit has demonstrated about the state of patent law. Sure, Samsung copied Apple's look and feel. Why is this and why should this be illegal unless they literally slapped the word IPhone or IPad on their gadgets? Might as well have banned the Chevy Camaro for copying the Ford Mustang IMO.

protomyth 14y ago
It is a 32-bit architecture based on how people measure 32-bit architectures. It is not capable of addressing 64-bit either logically or physically. Having a wide bus to memory is not a qualifier for calling something 64-bit. > "plus a 13.3 MHz 68000 and its 64-bit memory operations" The 68000 does not have 64-bit memory operations. It has 32-bit addressing logically, but only had 24-bit physically which cause some problems with folks who did "clever" things on the Mac. I'll go with the traditional definition of a GPU which means goes back to the Amiga for personal computers. > Sure, Samsung copied Apple's look and feel. Why is this and why should this be illegal unless they literally slapped the word IPhone or IPad on their gadgets? Might as well have banned the Chevy Camaro for copying the Ford Mustang IMO. Trade-dress has a long history of protection in the US. It was part of consumer fraud protection. http://corporate.findlaw.com/intellectual-property/trade-dress-the-forgotten-trademark-right.html http://corporate.findlaw.com/intellectual-property/trade-dre...