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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:1645 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:443 alt.fan.bill-gates:6831 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!venus.sun.com!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM!bashir!ericvb From: ericvb@Sun.COM (Eric van Bezooijen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,alt.fan.bill-gates Subject: Re: Question on OS's Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Date: 3 Jun 1995 03:10:40 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3qojrg$jf8@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> References: <3q01ll$jm2@news2.delphi.com> <3qhhco$ii2@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: bashir.eng.sun.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] J Wunsch (j@narcisa.sax.de) wrote: : [c.o.3.q is rmgroup'ed] : For a 64-bit CPU, the addressable space is 2^64 = 1 TB. This is a really dumb point, and it's a waste of bandwidth, but 2^64 != 1 Tb 2^32 = 2^10 * 2^10 * 2^10 * 2^2 = 4 Gigabytes 2^64 = 2^10 * 2^10 * 2^10 * 2^10 * 2^24 = 2^24 Terabytes = 16,777,216 Tb That's a lot of space! "No one will ever need more than 16,777,216 Tb of space" - Bill Gates in 2023 -- "I'm a smarty everyday!"- Beanie the Cerebrally-challenged bison, Animaniacs Eric van Bezooijen | "Faboo!"- Wakko Warner, Animaniacs [Warlord *THIS*] eric@csua.berkeley.edu | "Oh joy of Joys!"- Stimpson J. Cat, Ren & Stimpy eric.vanbezooijen@sun.com | "Spoon!"- The Tick [Pixies and Talking Heads rule!]