Re: looking for >32-bit address space [and how will C handle it

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From: Brian bcase Case
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 1989 18:01

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>Take a look at this month's Spectrum -- there's an article about the
>Intel i680 chip, which seems to have a flat 64-bit address space.

No, it has a 64-bit data bus and a 32-bit address bus; the address
space is a flat, 4Gbyte space.  This is why I don't think it should
be called a 64-bit microprocessor.

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Subject: Re: looking for >32-bit address space [and how will C handle it
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