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- From: HAAVARD JAKOBSEN <haa_jako@gih.no>
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- Subject: Re: Amiga vs. PC
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 15:15:50 +0100
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- Ruud Dingemans wrote:
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- > In a message of 11 Mar 96 Dave Haynie wrote to All:
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- > >> 32 bits of data in and outta memory at a time (instead of 16), why
- > >> shouldn't 64 bit instead of 32 make a real difference?
- >
- > DH> It does. But you don't need a 64-bit CPU to shovel 64-bit quantities in
- > DH> and out of memory. The fully 32-bit PowerPC chips (PPC602, PPC603, and
- > DH> PPC604) do this just fine, by supporting a 64-bit data bus. So does the
- > DH> Pentium. As I explained in the article to which you're replying, the
- > DH> data bus size has nothing to with "intrinsic bit size" of a CPU. To be a
- > DH> 64-bit CPU, you have 64-bit registers.
- >
- > This I get ;)
- >
- > DH> So I'm still claiming 64-bit isn't necessary, today, in a PC. My guess
- >
- > The operative word being 'today', I guess. Well, OK... Thanks for the
- > explanation.
- >
- Don't think it will be needed tommorow either...
- Prosessing on 64 bit data, what are u going to use that for???
- Adding big numbers, more accurate dividing??
- I really dunno, anyone got any ideas???
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