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Embracing 64-Bit Windows


June, 2005: Embracing 64-Bit Windows

Table 1: Results of running memwalk.cpp on various platforms.

Platform Binary /LARGE ADDRESS AWARE /3 GB Free bytes Largest contiguous free block Kernel shared region begins
X86 X86 n n 0x7fa20000 0x77a30000 0x80000000
X86 X86 n y 0x7a3e0000 0x77a30000 0xC000000
X86 X86 y y 0xbfa1000 0x77a30000 0xC000000
X64 X86 n N/A 0x7e4e9000 0x776bd000 0x80000000
X64 X64 y N/A 0xfe4d9000 0x7ffc0000 0xFFFF0000
X64 X64 N/A N/A 0x7fffe90e000 0x7ff7ffc0000 0x0000080000000000
IA64 A64 N/A N/A 0x6fbfe17a000 0x6faffabe000 0x0000070000000000


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