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Originally Posted by Solar  But i don't know if i'm miskating but i'm a bit disappointed that it does not have TRUE 64bit engine, Engin still at 32bit.. mhmhmh kinda surprised |
Since there is no advantage (for Steinberg anyway) to switch to a 64-bit engine, it has been postponed. But everything is ready, they "just have to make the switch".
There is no advantage because:
1/ all critical processes are executed in double precision anyway.
2/ The advantage of double precision in the "adders" is cancelled by the reduced bit-strings in the SSE registers. While a CPU register can hold registers up to 80 bit and more, an SSE register can only hold 64 bit strings. So the precision you
might gain (and since it's only adding & substracting numbers, the errors can't be cumulative) by summing in double precision for adding/summing and the likes, is lost by the rounding that takes place when the 64-bit registers are full.
HTH
Fredo