This article describes the difference between the two. Does getting 64-bit support really worth the time and the effort and perhaps the the money? Find out here.

Table of contents Introduction What 64-bit support mean? What the difference between the 32-bit and 64-bit anyway? General purpose registers What additional registers good for? So how good 64-bit really is? What about OS and software? Does that mean that paying extra money for 64-bit Windows XP/Vista worth it? How about Linux? IntroductionBACK TO TOC […]

Table of contents Introduction What 64-bit support mean? What the difference between the 32-bit and 64-bit anyway? General purpose registers What additional registers good for? So how good 64-bit really is? What about OS and software? Does that mean that paying extra money for 64-bit Windows XP/Vista worth it? How about Linux? Introduction The theory […]

Today I finished working on a new article called “SMP affinity and proper interrupt handling in Linux”. It describes a problem encountered by many system engineers and administrators and that is how to configure the system to properly handle interrupts. This article concludes a research that I did, those purpose was to find out what […]