On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, arthur wrote: > What is the maximum amount of memory available to a single > processor? i.e., On an otherwise unloaded system, can I have a short C > program malloc a 60Gb single chunk of memory and have it all in RAM?
Yes, provided you're talking about a 64-bit process. 32-bit processes are limited to 4 GB in size. Each CPU can only address xx GB, but the OS and applications see the memory as one big lump. -- Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA CEO, My Online Home Inventory URLs: http://www.rite-group.com/rich http://www.linkedin.com/in/richteer http://www.myonlinehomeinventory.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
