32- vs. 64-bit

[lusticke]

Hopefully this is the right forum. Can someone explain what 64-bit is and how it is different from 32-bit. I don't really know much about this.

 

[powerstrokin]

Hopefully this is the right forum. Can someone explain what 64-bit is and how it is different from 32-bit. I don't really know much about this.

64-bit is twice as good as 32-bit because it's got double the bits.

 

[Menel]

Registers are larger, allows for more complex Integer math in an efficient way.

Uses more memory.

 

[lusticke]

Register? Don't we want something to use less memory?

 

[boast]

Is the 64bit from the data bus, address bus, or both?

Because of the Windows XP days, everyone just correlates 64bit with using more than 4Gb of RAM.

 

[ajay96]

Register? Don't we want something to use less memory?

There would be more memory available too if I'm right.

 

[lusticke]

Is there a simpler explanation. Maybe there is a "-bit for dummies" article out there somewhere. Lol.

 

[Solver]

Is there a simpler explanation. Maybe there is a "-bit for dummies" article out there somewhere. Lol.

Four lane road move more cars faster than two lane road.
Sixty-four bit computer pathway move more data faster than thirty-two bit.

And that is just one advantage.

 

[illusionmist]

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