Re: 4GB memory and Intel Dual-Core system

On Sul, 2005-10-30 at 20:39 -0700, Alejandro Bonilla Beeche wrote:
> I guess you are right and wrong. The architecture has the limitation, 
> the chipset as well and the OS. According to this document, it is the 
> fault of the architecture as well as it requires to support addressing 
> which is not available *stock*, only several other providers have added 
> such "mapping" to get a better use of the memory.

That document reads like a "don't blame us because we didn't bother to
do remapping". That is an Intel business decision not a hardware limit,
as is shown by other vendors whose hardware can do the remap.


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