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> In article <730@amdcad.UUCP> phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) writes:
> >But 24 bits of address is not a huge thing, which is what the 32032 has.
> >24 bits is only 16 Mb or 4 4 Mb memory cards.
> 
> Only 4 4Mb cards? Sigh-- Just think of the vast numbers of Vaxes running 16
> megabytes right now. Just thihk of the size of the 4 Mb cards in your 16Mb
> Vax Last I looked, 16Mb was a LOT of memory, and from a cost/manufacturing

oh well, only 16MBytes?  Another point is that since the address qualification
is done outside the chip, that corresponds to a 16MByte virtual space, also,
regardless of the amount of physical memory you have.  However, saying that
the 32032 isn't a "true" 32-bit processor by virtue of its 24 of
physical address pins is perhaps pressing it a bit.
-- 
It looks so easy, but looks sometimes deceive...

Ken Shoemaker, Intel, Santa Clara, Ca.
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