From their article titled "AMD allies with Transmeta" <a href="http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/05/25/technology/amd_transmeta/">http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/05/25/technology/amd_transmeta/</a> "Most of today's microprocessors are "32-bit," which means they process data 32 bits at a time. It also refers to the size of the "pointer," which determines how much data the processor can address directly. Current 32-bit processors can address 4 gigabytes of data." "The industry has been gradually moving toward a 64-bit architecture, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold">which multiplies the amount of data the processor can access by four.</span>" <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-style: italic">Pointed out by <a href="http://www.slashdot.org">http://www.slashdot.org</a></span>