I'm curious about present and near-future 64-bit workstations. Maybe you
can help me. I'm interested in the following questions for HP/Intel
Merced, HP PA-8000, and offerings from Sun, DEC, SGI and IBM:
1. What workstations/chips are "64-bit"?
2. Does "64-bit chip" mean it has a 64-bit (or wider) processor bus?
3. 64-bit integers? Bigger (and smaller) ones?
4. Is single-precision floating point 64 bits? Is it IEEE?
5. What size is double-precision floating-point?
BTW, is there an IEEE standard for binary floating point with more than
80 bits, either in place or under development?
Thanks in advance,
Van Snyder
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