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> But AArch64 (or ARM64) and AMD64 did bring a lot more on the table than just larger address space. More registers, and a performance boost by just being better suited for the modern CPU core design.

There is the x32 ABI - 32-bit pointer length, but the AMD64 ISA. I don’t think it ever saw significant adoption though.



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