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Article #22470Re: 64-bit addresses
From: John Wilkes
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1990 02:02
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1990 02:02
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In article <8840009@hpfcso.HP.COM> dgr@hpfcso.HP.COM (Dave Roberts) writes:
>
>Because of [the amount of pins required] I don't think that you'll be
>seeing true 64 bit address and data for a while, at least not in the
>easily available range of pricing where standard PGA microprocessors are
>today.
>
>Dave Roberts
Perhaps this will become one of the primary differences between Killer
Micros and traditional Big Iron?
-wilkes
--
John Wilkes
wilkes@mips.com -OR- {ames, decwrl, pyramid}!mips!wilkes
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!proton!wilkes From: wilkes@mips.COM (John Wilkes) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: 64-bit addresses Message-ID: <35954@mips.mips.COM> Date: 14 Feb 90 02:02:43 GMT References: <9708@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <8840009@hpfcso.HP.COM> Sender: news@mips.COM Reply-To: wilkes@mips.COM (John Wilkes) Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 18