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Subject: Re: How are dual cores going to affect chess?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:35:54 01/29/05

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On January 29, 2005 at 08:20:07, Jason Kent wrote:

>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

Dual cores will be two cpus with shared cache.  This means your old dual-cpu MB
will have four real processors, or your old quad-cpu MB will now have 8 cpus.

• Re: How are dual cores going to affect chess? Vincent Diepeveen 11:03:00 01/29/05
  • Re: How are dual cores going to affect chess? Robert Hyatt 21:02:42 01/29/05
    • Re: How are dual cores going to affect chess? Matthew Hull 21:28:47 01/29/05
      • Re: How are dual cores going to affect chess? Robert Hyatt 08:53:52 01/30/05
      • Re: How are dual cores going to affect chess? Vincent Diepeveen 05:39:32 01/30/05
        • Re: How are dual cores going to affect chess? Matthew Hull 06:51:21 01/30/05
          • Re: How are dual cores going to affect chess? Vincent Diepeveen 07:29:36 01/30/05

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