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Subject: Re: What does 32 bit engine really mean?

Author: Komputer Korner

Date: 10:21:22 09/30/98

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On September 30, 1998 at 10:26:02, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:

>On September 30, 1998 at 05:18:38, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>Aha. But for user speed is the most important thing and I think it's not
>>automatically increased with all this 32-bit stuf.
>>
>>Jouni
>
>At least using assembler, you can program more efficiently using the 80386
>instruction set and the 32 bit registers.
>Furthermore, some CPUs (e.g. K6) execute 32 bit programs faster than 16 bit
>programs.

Okay what is the speed difference between 32 bit chess programs and 16 bit chess
programs?
This will differ I guess depending whether the program is written in assembler
or not and will also vary depending on the processor.
AMD vs Pentium II ?
Assembler vs non assembler ?

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Komputer Korner



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