On Monday 12 March 2007 22:18, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> On Monday 12 March 2007 21:04, Mike Noble wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > 4 GB is the limit of a 32bit processor.
>
> Not really.
>
> 4 x 2^32 is the limit of a 32-bit word (unsigned).

Duh...

2^32 is the limit of an unsigned 32-bit word, of course.

2^30 is a "binary billion", and four of those are 4 gigs.


RRS
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