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How much memory can a 64bit machine address at a time?

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Mar 15, 2026143617 views
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If the memory is byte addressable, shouldn't it be ? A general Google search says 8GB or 16GB max. How is that true? Also, how does it depend on the Operating System?

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2^64 / (2^10 * 2^10 * 2^10) = 2^34 GB

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There are multiple interleaving factors. First of all, you are currently unable to assemble a system that has 264 bytes (16 exibytes) of physical RAM. Second, just because an architecture uses 64-bit pointers, doesn't mean that all the bits of those…

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