> > Is Microsoft pushing 64 bit? If so, why? > Absolutely they are. And they should be!
A hard limit of 4GB of physical memory, and 2GB of user-mode virtual address space, is really not enough for a lot of memory intensive applications today. As the emphasis shifts from devs writing tight, efficient, code to code that's easier and faster to develop (and more secure at the same time), many applications have gotten larger. Sometimes MUCH larger. Even on systems that do data acquisition and processing, the ability to use MUCH larger amounts of physical memory and to manipulate MUCH larger virtual address spaces makes it simple to do things that are very difficult in smaller address spaces. Larger address spaces can help reduce paging, which ALWAYS helps reduce latency (of every kind). Oh, yeah... and what Tim said, too: "To help Intel sell more PCs and eventually force people to upgrade to newer Microsoft software." Peter K1PGV _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
