Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 Apr 1999 16:37:38 +0200 (CEST) | From | Peter Svensson <> | Subject | RE: Address spaces on a i386 - Getting Confused |
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On Mon, 5 Apr 1999, Eric Lowe wrote:
> Agreed. From what we've seen, most PCI devices running on 64-bit systems > are already going 64-bit. > The problem of 32 bits on >4GB will probably be isolated to Intel. Why > would someone put an older, $50 board in a $10k workstation anyway?
Many sepcialized pci-devices are only made as 32-bit cards. The cost of developing a new card only to make a few of them is often prohibitive. When 64-bit architectures are the norm this will probably change.
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