How many integers can I create in 1GB memory?

Question

In book Algorithms fourth edition by Robert Sedgewick on page 200, it says \"for example, if you have 1GB of memory on your computer (1 billion bytes), you cannot fit more t

Answer 1

The author has acknowledged that this is an error in this book website, please refer to the link as follows: http://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/errata/errata-printing3.php

Answer 2

1 gigabit = 1073741824 bit
1 int = 32 bit
calculation = (1073741824/32) = (32 * 1024²) = (32 * 2²⁰) = 32 million

If author meant gigabytes then answer would be (32 * 8) million = 256 million