By: David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com), January 24, 2017 7:31 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Wilco (Wilco.Dijkstra.delete@this.ntlworld.com) on January 24, 2017 3:10 pm wrote:
> Aaron Spink (aaronspink.delete@this.notearthlink.net) on January 24, 2017 6:46 am wrote:
> > Wilco (Wilco.Dijkstra.delete@this.ntlworld.com) on January 24, 2017 2:13 am wrote:
> > > Nowadays even pure smartphone SoCs like Cortex-A73 support 1TB of memory. Cortex-A72 which
> > > is also used in various servers supports up to 16TB. High-end Xeons max out at 3TB.
> > >
> > Which SoC containing A73s supports 1TB+ of memory...
>
> All of them of course. The capability is not optional.
Yeah it is. The amount of memory supported is determined both by CPU physical addressing limits and also the pins on the memory controllers.
There are plenty of SoCs that support less memory than the CPU core does. For example, every Broadwell client chip.
David
> Aaron Spink (aaronspink.delete@this.notearthlink.net) on January 24, 2017 6:46 am wrote:
> > Wilco (Wilco.Dijkstra.delete@this.ntlworld.com) on January 24, 2017 2:13 am wrote:
> > > Nowadays even pure smartphone SoCs like Cortex-A73 support 1TB of memory. Cortex-A72 which
> > > is also used in various servers supports up to 16TB. High-end Xeons max out at 3TB.
> > >
> > Which SoC containing A73s supports 1TB+ of memory...
>
> All of them of course. The capability is not optional.
Yeah it is. The amount of memory supported is determined both by CPU physical addressing limits and also the pins on the memory controllers.
There are plenty of SoCs that support less memory than the CPU core does. For example, every Broadwell client chip.
David