# [$] 128-Bit page tables for Arm > Source: > Published: 2026-08-13 13:46:28+00:00 The size of a processor's page-table entries directly limits how much physical memory that processor is able to access. Back in the 32-bit days, that limit was 4GB, an amount of memory that once seemed nearly infinite, but which would now struggle to hold a basic AI-enabled "hello world" app. The expansion to 64 bits on most popular architectures would seem to have removed those limits now; some Arm systems, for example, can use 56 of those bits to access up to 72PB of memory. So it might be surprising that the Arm architecture is evolving to support even larger page-table entries (PTEs). [This patch set](https://lwn.net/ml/all/20260729122452.3797443-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com) from Anshuman Khandual adds support for 128-bit PTEs, but who will benefit from this capability is not entirely clear.