Re: Quad Xeon vs. Dual Itanium

Martha Stewart called it a Good Thing when ajs@crankycanuck.ca (Andrew Sullivan) wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 12:19:39PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> 64-bits isn't faster than 32, and can be slower because of the longer
>> pointer length, decreasing cache performance.  The major advantage to
>> 64-bits is accessing more the 4gb of RAM.
>
> I note, however, that all the Sun experts say you should get your
> database applications optimised for 64 bits because you can ship
> around more data at a time.  I have no clue what they're basing it
> on, though.

Well, presumably if you are copying values in and out of registers, it
is preferable to use 64 bit registers, thereby shifting around 64 bits
at a time.  If that seems underwhelming, well, that might explain
Solaris...
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