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Re: Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK?

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"SL@maxis" <ecp_gen@my-rialto.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:08:58 +0800, Stuart <DerTopper@web.de> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Wrong. Typical 64 bit processors have either a 36 bit or a 40 bit  
> > physical address bus (40 bits are 1 TB, an almost incredible amount of  
> > RAM, wikipedia mentions that some AMD chips even offer a 48 bit memory  
> > bus). Note that bus width and register width do not have to have a  
> > one-to-one relationship. The early 286 processor had a register width of  
> > 16 bits but an address bus with 24 bits (4MB), so they had to invent  
> > this segmentation model in order to compute a 20bit address from two 16  
> > bit registers. Twenty years later, the segmenation unit is still present  
> > at the Intel architecture while the numbers have been reversed: now the  
> > 36 or 40 bit physical address is computed from a 16 bit value and a 64  
> > bit value. Sounds like overkill, and yes, it is. That's just for  
> > backwards compatibility for applications from 1985.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Stuart
> 
> Thanks. I am not too sure now :-(
> 
> I have an old Intel Pentium 4 1500Mhz PC. Can it run 64-bit OS ?

No standard 64 bit OS will run on a P4.

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Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK? "sl@exabyte" <sb5309@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-14 21:58 +0800
  Re: Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK? "sl@exabyte" <sb5309@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-14 22:01 +0800
  Re: Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-14 09:12 -0500
    Re: Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK? Cholo Lennon <chololennon@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-14 14:11 -0300
      Re: Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-14 12:14 -0500
        Re: Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2012-11-14 18:36 +0100
          Re: Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK? "sl@exabyte" <sb5309@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-15 10:48 +0800
            Re: Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK? Stuart <DerTopper@web.de> - 2012-11-16 00:08 +0100
              Re: Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK? "SL@maxis" <ecp_gen@my-rialto.com> - 2012-11-16 09:23 +0800
                Re: Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-15 22:52 -0600
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                Re: Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2012-11-17 13:18 +0100
                Re: Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-17 12:42 -0600
              Re: Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-15 22:46 -0600
                Re: Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK? Stuart <DerTopper@web.de> - 2012-11-16 12:08 +0100
                Re: Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-16 18:08 -0600
                Re: Program in 32-bit, run on 64-bit OK? Stuart <DerTopper@web.de> - 2012-11-17 23:59 +0100
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