• AnalGettysburg [he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    But, like, a 64 bit processor can still use RAM less than 4GB? It's just that a 32 bit CPU can't address more than 4gb?

    • CanYouFeelItMrKrabs [any, he/him]
      ·
      3 years ago

      Yes. Basically the highest number a 32 bit system can deal with is 2^32 which is 4gb. So if that system had an 8gb ram stock it could not store a number large enough to addresses the spots after the 4th Gb.

      And a 64 bit system can use anything from 0 to 2^64

      A 32-bit processor uses addresses that are 32 bits long. There are only 4,294,967,296, or 4GB, possible 32-bit addresses.

      https://www.pcworld.com/article/2013751/why-cant-32-bit-windows-access-4gb-of-ram.html