|64bit CPUs are faster when working with large integers (which |is not that frequent I presume), and they are a must when your |application needs >3GB of memory. No other advantages here. |
Recent cpu-cores have greatly simplified pipleines compared to pentium4,powerPC, etc. the cores in core2duo are infact pentiumIII with a simplified pipeline to speed up internal clock-speed. 32bits are just filling up the 32lsb bits of each registers/mem spot. thus no need for extra silicon to differenciate between 32bit and 64bit. powerPC had some logic which made it possible to crunch two 32bit numbers simultaineously. resulting is some really impressive openssl performance. -- MortenB -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
