Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 31 Jul 1996 15:04:47 +0100 (BST) | From | Bryn Paul Arnold Jones <> | Subject | Re: kcore and memory questions |
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On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, Systemkennung Linux wrote:
> Hi, > > > > but iff there is room in the architecture to grow the user address space up > > > to 2^63 bytes (8 Exabytes), the physical address space up to 2^56 bytes (64 > > > Petabytes). Numbers that are pretty insane huge ... > > > > Don't say that, those are famous last words (rember that a certain Gates > > is supposed to have said that 640k is enough for anyone ...). > > No. Assuming the continuation of the current exponential growth of available > memory 64 bit address space should suffice almost 'till the day when most > of us have retired. No, I'm not 60 years old :-) > > Unless someone invents another huge waste of address space, but mmap already > exists. > > Ralf > I'll not add anything more than fortune spat this at me a few days ago ....
(computers) % Imagine that Cray computer decides to make a personal computer. It has a 150 MHz processor, 200 megabytes of RAM, 1500 megabytes of disk storage, a screen resolution of 4096 x 4096 pixels, relies entirely on voice recognition for input, fits in your shirt pocket and costs $300. What's the first question that the computer community asks?
"Is it PC compatible?" %
the 150 MHz processor, and the 1500 Mb disk are here, the 200 Mb ram, the 4096x4096 screen, and $300 are only a few years away (well 10 or so ...). We'll proberbly never see the shirt pocket tho ....
Bryn -- PGP key pass phrase forgotten, \ Overload -- core meltdown sequence again :( | initiated. / This space is intentionally left | blank, apart from this text ;-) \____________________________________
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