On 2/17/11 2:49 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > On 2/17/11 12:10 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> One conversion on cnbc said that Watson had 16 TB memory. >> >> I guess IBM gets a quantity discount. I wonder what operating system is able >> to have that as main memory or was it set >> up as a 'memory disk' like we had in the old dos days. > > A 64-bit OS on a 64-bit CPU can address up to around 2 Terabytes of RAM. > Pretty sure > this holds for all modern 64-bit OS's, including Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Further research seems to indicate that 64-bit Linux can do more than 16 Terabytes of RAM, *per process*. But I really don't know... Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
