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Can a dual processor machine with a 32 bit os address a maximum of 4Gb or 8Gb of memory?

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Am I right in thinking that each processor can independently address 4GB, so the answer is 8Gb? Does the same hold true for a dual-core?

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The answer is 4GB as they have a shared address space - the processors can both see the same 4GB of RAM. It is a bit more complicated than that with Xeons and others with MMU's that support wider physical address spaces. This stackoverflow post desc…

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