POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Really big numbers : Re: Really big numbers Server Time
7 Sep 2024 11:23:50 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Really big numbers  
From: Warp
Date: 28 Jul 2008 17:39:42
Message: <488e3c9d@news.povray.org>
Another interesting (and nerdier) example:

  Assume we have a 3GHz processor, and that it can increment a 32-bit
register at each clock cycle. How long does it take to go through all
the values of that register?

  Now assume that it's a 64-bit register instead. How long does it
take now?

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                                                          - Warp


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