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From: mustard@sdrc.UUCP (Sandy Mustard)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: 64 bits--why stop there?
Message-ID: <1547@sdrc.UUCP>
Date: 23 Aug 90 13:36:11 GMT
References: <41004@mips.mips.COM> <1113@ncrorl.Orlando.NCR.COM>
Organization: SDRC, Cincinnati
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48 bits for addressing is already used in the IBM AS/400.
This can easily be expanded to 64 bits without impacting
the applications.  the applications address objects using
a 64 bit virtual address and at execution time this is converted
to 48 bits.

Sandy Mustard
SDRC