Architectures and Processors forum How to access memory more than 4GB by using 32bit ISA?

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How to access memory more than 4GB by using 32bit ISA?

as3asddd over 5 years ago

Assuming I have 8GB memory, and a single register size is 32bit. How can I load the data from the memory? If there are solutions, Could you please write them in MIPS?.

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42Bastian Schick over 5 years ago +1

The answer my friend is written in ... the reference manual. ;-)
Martin Weidmann over 5 years ago +1 verified

Some 32-bit A profile cores support LPAE (Large physical address extension). LPAE allows for physical addresses to be greater than 32-bit. Meaning that while at any one point in time you are limited to...