64 bit info

[Ramon Hofer]

Am Samstag, den 06.02.2010, 12:00 -0500 schrieb Shannon McMackin:
> On 2/4/2010 1:47 AM, Christopher Rob JONES wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >> FWIW, many 32 bit kernels these days come with PAE enabled that will
> >> allow a 32 bit system to address up to 16GB (maybe up to 32) but IIRC
> >> they are still limited by a 3.6GB page size.
> >
> > True, but as this is not available in the 32 bit ubuntu "desktop"
> > kernels - You have to explicitly by hand install the "server" kernels
> > which have these extensions.
> >
> >> Good luck with your extra ram.  I really need to get a system above
> >> 2GB at home.  I'm spoiled by the 512GB systems I test on at work :-)
> >
> > Nice. Going to cost you though to replicate those beasts ;)
> >
> > Chris
> >
> I thought 9.10 offered a PAE kernel that was not server.  Maybe I'm 
> confused with F12...

In both discussions about 64bit I only read about adressable RAM. But
doesn't the 64bit CPUs have more registers and can handle 64 bit data
directly which both should make them faster?