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From: wilkes@mips.COM (John Wilkes)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: 64-bit addresses
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Date: 14 Feb 90 02:02:43 GMT
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In article <8840009@hpfcso.HP.COM> dgr@hpfcso.HP.COM (Dave Roberts) writes:
>
>Because of [the amount of pins required] I don't think that you'll be
>seeing true 64 bit address and data for a while, at least not in the
>easily available range of pricing where standard PGA microprocessors are
>today.
>
>Dave Roberts

Perhaps this will become one of the primary differences between Killer
Micros and traditional Big Iron?

-wilkes
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John Wilkes

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