[openbeos] Re: string.h

  • From: Michael Noisternig <michael.noisternig@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 21:01:43 +0100

>>Isn't G4 already 64-bit?
>>I heard it once, just curious...
>>
>No, it's not, it a 32 bit chip.  Lot's of people seem to think it's 
>64bit though.  I think people get confused with the "Velocity Engine" 
>which is a 128bit vector-math processor which is part of apples G4, in 
>fact that's pretty much the main difference between a G3 and a G4. It 
>could (but not really) be thought of as the old 386 with the 387 math 
>co-processor.

Well, its more like Pentium with MMX (4x16 = 64 bits) or SSE2 (4x32 = 128 bits).

Michael Noisternig.


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