--- title: August 31, 2026 | daily.dev description: A brief note on the Windows AWE (Address Windowing Extensions) memory API, pointing out that AWE does not technically require PAE (Physical Address Extension)... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/august-31-2026-5qjot2roj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: August 31, 2026 | daily.dev og:description: A brief note on the Windows AWE (Address Windowing Extensions) memory API, pointing out that AWE does not technically require PAE (Physical Address Extension)... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/august-31-2026-5qjot2roj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5qjOt2ROj.png og:image:alt: August 31, 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # August 31, 2026 **[The Old New Thing](https://daily.dev/sources/oldnewthing)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A brief note on the Windows AWE (Address Windowing Extensions) memory API, pointing out that AWE does not technically require PAE (Physical Address Extension) to function, even though PAE is what makes AWE genuinely useful in practice. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [August 14, 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/august-14-2026-ygs9ndaps) · The Old New Thing · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [December 29, 2025](https://daily.dev/posts/december-29-2025-bf4am1afb) · DevBlogs · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Win16 Memory Management](https://daily.dev/posts/win16-memory-management-iurgwfefx) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/august-31-2026-5qjot2roj) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"August 31, 2026","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/august-31-2026-5qjot2roj","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/august-31-2026-5qjot2roj"},"datePublished":"2026-09-01T01:27:02.443Z","dateModified":"2026-09-01T01:48:05.252Z","description":"A brief note on the Windows AWE (Address Windowing Extensions) memory API, pointing out that AWE does not technically require PAE (Physical Address Extension)...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--HRgLpUt6--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2003","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--HRgLpUt6--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2003","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Old New Thing","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Old New Thing","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--jKXDeorG--/f_auto,q_auto/v1783840773/logos/oldnewthing?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/oldnewthing"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/august-31-2026-5qjot2roj","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"windows","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Old New Thing","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/oldnewthing"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"August 31, 2026"}]} ```