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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Tuesday, 12 June 2007 | |
  
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He showed 32-bit and a 64-bit versions of a demo application loading a 4G image file. The 64-bit version was able to keep all the data in memory while processing it, whereas the 32-bit version had to swap data in and out, and took nearly three times longer to apply the filters. Jobs did not mention the amount of RAM installed in the computer. Leopard's 64-bit architecture will be useful for scientific work as well as high-end graphics, said Jobs, noting that "almost every computer we ship is 64-bit capable." 64-bit systems are also attractive for database work, as they allow more data to be held in RAM where it is accessible without having to wait for it to be fetched from disk.{moscomment} |
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