Author: Evgeny Shu
Date: 06:26:58 01/29/05
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On January 29, 2005 at 09:10:24, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On January 29, 2005 at 08:42:36, Evgeny Shu wrote: > >>On January 29, 2005 at 08:28:11, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>On January 29, 2005 at 08:20:07, Jason Kent wrote: >>> >>>Your machine will look like a dual machine. The OS doesn't know better than that >>>it is 2 processor machine. >>> >>>>It looks like by the third quarter of this year, both intel and amd will be >>>>selling dual cores. Are they basically handled as two processors under task >>>>manager, and software? I'm guessing this is going mean that to get the most out >>>>of your cpu, you will have to buy all the Deep versions. Maybe that is why SMK >>>>decided to seperate the programs? >>>>Jason >>> >>>I won't comment on SMK, nor on chessbase, but it's obvious that if the intel CEO >>>says that intel will produce ONLY dual core cpu's within a year and nearly >>>nothing else, that only parallel software will work for you. >>> >>>Paying extra for something that just uses a normal single cpu, is a very bad >>>thing. It means basically you have normally spoken a crippled software program, >>>as > 90% of all cpu's will be dual core. >>> >>>Vincent >> >>So what we have here is on every "normal cpu"=dual core we buy a half of a chess >>program ? Maybe a license for every cpu next instead single vs multiple ? > >Maybe no license at all. Maybe better is 1 product that supports n cores, >without limiting n. > >Vincent What about chess programs with 64 bit support , is it another product ? So to make it easy : 64 bit - single/multi , 64 bit uci - single/multi , 32 bit single/multi , 32 bit uci single/multi . Only 8 separate products , you can't be confused :) Of course different compile for AMD and INTEL cpus , but that can be included in one product I think..
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