Name: ' 2012-02-13 13:20
So, with 64-bit machines we have access to a larger address space than we'll ever need (64k should be enough etc.) and only a tiny fraction of that is mapped to anything sensible on my machine at least. Why not make addresses denser than 8-bits then?
We should have addressable bits! Of course, reading bytes or words would still have to be aligned. I belive this is the next great step in computing.
We should have addressable bits! Of course, reading bytes or words would still have to be aligned. I belive this is the next great step in computing.