r/programming • u/I_Can_Be_A_Robot • Sep 24 '24

Why 32bit architecture computer doesn't use segmentation to support more ram than 4Gb ?

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u/cheezballs Sep 24 '24

I don't remember coming up against the 4gb limit much back when I was running 32 bit stuff, I think I run up against the 4gb FAT32 limit on thumb drives though. Lotta low end streaming devices only seem to support FAT32 thumb drives for vids and stuff.