On Sat, 2007-02-17 at 21:08 -0500, Thomas Charron wrote: > On 2/17/07, Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:01:19 -0500 > > "Jon 'maddog' Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I do not think a "128 bit address space" computer will ever exist, at > > > least not in the silicon technologies that we are talking about. > > Probably not for a while, but I'm 100% certain, there will be a 128-bit > > address space computer somewhere down the line, but at the present > > time, 64-bit address space is more than sufficient for most of the > > biggest computers. It will be the governments that will want the > > 128-bit address space. On the other hand, I seriously doubt desktop > > computers will ever need anything near 64-bit addresses. > > People may giggle, but the PS2 Emotion processing chip is 128 bit. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion_Engine > > It all comes down to funky fast math. > Yes, but read it again. It does not say anything about the address space being 128 bits. Just the registers, datapaths, etc.
I can understand having a 128 bit data register, to manipulate those IPv6 addresses. I can understand having a 128 bit datapath. But 128 bit memory address..... md _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
