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Subject: Re: Why is SMP not standard in chessprograms?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:06:14 09/25/01

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On September 25, 2001 at 12:58:00, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On September 25, 2001 at 11:57:44, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>Multi-cpu machines are very far from being the standard, and while they may
>>certainly be accessible (pricewise) in some countries nowadays, they are a very
>>very small minority. Most people think in terms of more MHz or GHz as opposed to
>>more cpus.
>>
>>                                          Albert
>
>I fully agree with this statement. There is no question of Multi-CPU machines
>being standard. Most people have PC with single CPU and I cannot imagine that
>this "standard" will change in the next few years.
>Regards
>Kurt


Hold on to your hat.  I'd expect that within the next _five_ years you will
see single chips with two processors on them.  _that_ will change the way
computing looks, once and for all...



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