Investigating the advantages of a 64 Bit Microprocessor architecture
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- Part of
- Algoma University Archives > Algoma University Theses collection > Computer Science series > Investigating the advantages of a 64 Bit Microprocessor architecture
- Creator
- Trevor Keppel-Jones
- Date
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 1.7 MB of textual records (PDF)
- General Material Designation
- Electronic record, Textual record
- Language(s)
- English
- Bibliographic Information
- Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.:, OSTMA-COSC-Keppel-Jones-Trevor-20030402
- Descriptive Notes
- Audience: Undergraduate. -- Dissertation: Thesis (B. A.) -- Algoma University, 2003. -- Submitted in partial fulfillment of course requirements for COSC 4235. -- Includes figures and tables. -- Contents: Thesis.
- The main purpose of this project is to explore the function and capability of 64 bit processors. Sixty-four bit processors have been on the market for roughly 5 years now, but it is not clear what their advantage is over the 32 bit processors. The 64 bit processor would be expected to provide benefits in the area of computation speed and mathematical accuracy. My project explores the advantages of the 64 bit processor over the 32 bit processor specifically in the area of floating point computation.