Timeline for Byte addressable vs bit addressable
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
13 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2016 at 11:37 | comment | added | CodesInChaos | @gnat I wouldn't call 3 extra bits "much longer", especially on 64-bit systems. | |
| Dec 14, 2016 at 11:21 | answer | added | Vatine | timeline score: 3 | |
| Dec 13, 2016 at 21:47 | answer | added | user256761 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 1, 2016 at 10:22 | answer | added | Alex | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jun 1, 2016 at 10:13 | answer | added | MrSmith42 | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 1, 2016 at 10:08 | comment | added | thorsten müller | Huge waste of address space with minimum to no gain. This was especially relevant at times when memory addresses where less than 64bit. Though it still would not make much sense. | |
| Jun 1, 2016 at 10:02 | comment | added | gnat | there's your answer, address length to address bits will be much longer than one for bytes. See also How does word size affect the amount of virtual address space available? and What is the history of why bytes are eight bits? | |
| Jun 1, 2016 at 9:56 | review | Close votes | |||
| Jun 16, 2016 at 3:01 | |||||
| Jun 1, 2016 at 9:53 | comment | added | Ford O. | @gnat No, it is not duplicate, I am asking about all the advantages while your topic describes only one and only by accident since the author is asking for formula, not for explanation! | |
| Jun 1, 2016 at 9:49 | history | edited | Ford O. | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 82 characters in body |
| Jun 1, 2016 at 9:37 | comment | added | gnat | Possible duplicate of How many bits' address is required for a computer with n bytes of memory? | |
| Jun 1, 2016 at 9:37 | review | First posts | |||
| Jun 13, 2016 at 17:05 | |||||
| Jun 1, 2016 at 9:36 | history | asked | Ford O. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |