> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:23:31 -0400
> From: Howland@Priss.com
> To: trinity-users@lists.pearsoncomputing.net
> Subject: Re: [trinity-users] 64 bit?
>
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Timothy Pearson
> <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net> wrote:
> > The only major difference between the various TDE architectures is how
> > they are built--it is the same source code for any of them, so the
> > decision to go with i386/amd64 is generally made based on needed features
> > for other applications such as the >4GB per-process memory limit amd64
> > offers.
> >
> > Tim
>
> Doing CPU mining of some cryptocoins, I ran the same mining software
> (compiled for 32 or 64 bit of course) on 32bit Debian Linux, then
> 64bit Debian, on the same hardware.
>
> The 64bit mining achieved nearly twice the hashes per second as the 32bit.
>
> If this is true of more than just the mining software, it could be the
> reason for the apparent speed-up.
>
> WINE still has only 32bit binaries, which is sad, but I live with that
> because of Debian's "multi-arch".
>
> Curt-
>
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> The secret of happiness is freedom,
> and the secret of freedom is courage.
> - Thucydides
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