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Subject: Re: Forget 64 bit--The next chips will be addressing 128 bit and lower c

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 12:13:53 01/20/00

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On January 20, 2000 at 11:49:06, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>Leonid,
>
>Thanks to http://www.transmeta.com   we will have processors built by IBM that
>will handle applications that are written in 16,32,64 and 128 bit.  Don't ask me
>how they do this but it is called "code-morphing technology". The central part
>of the TM processors is written in 128 bit Linux code by Linus Torvalds.
>
>The really fantastic part of these Crusoe processors is the 10 milliwatt to 2
>watt power consumption.  The initial PC TM 5400 chip will run at 700 Mhz and
>have an onboard 400 Kbyte cache.  Wow...

That's not fantastic - look, for example, at Digital/Intel StrongARM power
consumption, and its' performance. And please notice that the chip went into
production in (I believe) 1995.

Eugene

>Tim Frohlick
>
>>
>>Where is the new 64 bits chip?
>>
>>I waited for the new 64 bits chip in 1999 - it never came. Feel me impatient in
>>2000 but found no noises about it in the new computer revue that I bought. Can't
>>wait any more quietly since I expect to rewrite my chess logic for 64 bits
>>machine and gain a lot of new speed. If you know somehow about the 64 bits chip,
>>that will be done by Intel or other company, please say what you found about new
>>chip.
>>
>>If you want to say your opinion about what is realistic to expect from the next
>>64 bits "gold rash", you are welcome. Maybe what should be your expectation that
>>next chess game will be able to perform in the nodes/second rate. How many plies
>>new chess game will be able to see in the time between 1 and 10 seconds, if it
>>will be looking for response by simple brute force logic. Or just whatere you
>>find interesting to mention about above topic.
>>
>>Thanks for responding!
>>Leonid.



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