In the current Intel chipset, even if you have 4gb of physical RAM, you will only see a max of 3.5gb utilized. In the new Santa Rosa platform, will we see the full 4gb RAM utilized? And will Santa Rosa allow the use of more than 4gb of physical RAM?
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The chipset is NOT what limits the use of ram. There are several computers out today that can use 4gb of ram and their not Santa Rosa.
What does matter is the OS. 32bit OSes will not see more than like 2.7gb of ram. You need a 64bit OS to use the full 4gb. -
32 bit OS= 2^32 = 4GB
Nothing above that. You will be stuck though with less than 4GB (usually 3.2-3.5 GB) as the remaining memory space is "protected".
Santa Rosa and 4gb of RAM
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