Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[jhalada]

Elmer,

But 32bit CPUs have 36 address bits so 64GB is the current end of the road, for now.

Theoretically, this can be extended further, but 2 years from now, a 32 bit CPU will be an ugly duckling.

Intel will need to have either an AMD64 clone, or mainstream Itanium that outperforms AMD64 CPUs in both x86-32 or IA64 modes. Otherwise, all the premium CPU dollars will go to AMD.

Joe