Intel lags on desktop 64-bit CPUs
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on February 21, 2003 at 4:49:49 PM
An interesting read. Intel is saying that there is no need for a 64-bit desktop chip until perhaps the end of the decade. They're probably right as well, what besides large servers and workstations use more than 4GB of RAM?
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Another technique for expanding the memory capacity of current 32-bit chips is through physical memory addressing, said Dean McCarron, principal analyst of Mercury Research. This involves altering the chipset so that 32-bit chips could handle longer memory addresses. Intel has in fact already done preliminary work that would let its PC chips handle 40-bit addressing, which would let PCs hold more than 512GB of memory, according to papers published by the company.