Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!usc!apple!mauxci!problem!druid!darcy From: darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: 64-bits, How many years? Message-ID: <1991Feb21.170537.1441@druid.uucp> Date: 21 Feb 91 17:05:37 GMT References: <9102171510.AA24745@lilac.berkeley.edu> <1991Feb18.163010.31688@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <3209@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> Organization: D'Arcy Cain Consulting, West Hill, Ontario Lines: 14 In article <3209@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> bill davidsen writes: > Therefore, I conclude that the speed of light makes 64 bits likely as >the largest physical address space we will even need. I have lots of >faith in new development, but I have faith in relativity and physics, >too. Boy, that's the kind of statement that can come back to haunt you in ten or twenty years. :-) -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@druid) | D'Arcy Cain Consulting | There's no government West Hill, Ontario, Canada | like no government! +1 416 281 6094 | Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com