Does TRNSYS 17 take advantage of 64-bit computer architecture?
The current TRNSYS version does not take direct advantage of features that are specific to 64-bit computer architecture. However, TRNSYS will run on a 64-bit machine as far as the Developers are aware. To take advantage of the 64 bit architecture, one first needs a 64 bit FORTRAN compiler. There are several around so if you get TRNSYS to compile with one of these compilers (giving up the Type65 online plotter and on external DLLs not compiled with a 64-bit compiler), then TRNSYS will take advantage of the 64 bit architecture and potentially run faster (see remark at the end). The current FORTRAN compiler that the Developers use is the Intel Visual FORTRAN compiler. Intel specifically addresses 64 bit architecture issues on its website: (http://www.intel.com/technology/64bitextensions/index.htm) The Intel site information is focused on address space size (how much memory you can manage), which is the main motivation to use 64 rather than 32 bit processors – not so much the potential gai
