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Re: Database cache percentage

2000-01-11 11:54:35
Subject: Re: Database cache percentage
From: Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 11:54:35 -0500
>Well, any 32-bit OS can only address 4294967296 bytes (4096 Mb) of
>total memory (2^32) per process.

True if it's simple register addressing.  But RS/6000 systems are more
complex, utilizing segment registers which add 24 bits to the 28 bit offset
in the addressing register, for a composite 52-bit virtual address.
It makes me glad that the days of assembler language programming are gone!
    Richard Sims, BU
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