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Article #22488Re: 64-bit addresses
From: David B. Serafini
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1990 05:14
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1990 05:14
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In article <1990Feb9.235927.5984@ultra.com> ted@ultra.com (Ted Schroeder) writes: > >Use a Cray, they've got 64 bit addressing now. > Not quite. Cray Y-MP's, 2's and the last of the X's all have 32 bit addresses. For various implementation reasons, none of them can actually have more than 2^29 words of memory. The older X's and 1's had 24 bit addresses. > Ted Schroeder ted@Ultra.com > Ultra Network Technologies ...!ames!ultra!ted > 101 Daggett Drive > San Jose, CA 95134 > 408-922-0100 > >Disclaimer: I don't even believe what I say, why should my company? David B. Serafini serafini@ralph.arc.nasa.gov Rose Engineering and Research Disclaimer: I don't speak for the U.S. Govt, but unfortunately they sometimes speak for me.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!eos!amelia!serafini From: serafini@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (David B. Serafini) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: 64-bit addresses Summary: Cray address size 32 bits Message-ID: <4977@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> Date: 21 Feb 90 05:14:39 GMT References: <9708@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <1990Feb9.235927.5984@ultra.com> Reply-To: serafini@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (David B. Serafini) Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Lines: 22