[Gllug] 64bit computing

[Richard Jones]

On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 05:32:17PM +0100, t.clarke wrote:
> I found the following extract from the F.T. today very illuminating ....
> 
> What is 64bit Computing?
> Computers process instructiobns in binary format.
> Eaach bit is capable of processing one binary instruction at a time.
> Until recently, Most PCs used 32-bit processors, meaning that they could
> porocess 32 binary instructions per clock cycle.
> Since 64-bit systems can process twice as many instructions per second,
> they are much faster.

Heh ...

But seriously does anyone remember the whole issue of Byte magazine
(circa 1990/1991??) which was given over the 64 bit computing.  One
thing I recall they stated 1 gigabyte of RAM could nearly fit into a
1 ft x 1 ft x 1 ft cube.

Rich.

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