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

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 16:41:32 01/20/00

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On January 20, 2000 at 19:32:41, Dan Andersson wrote:

>Yes, I think we will see Java-JIT performance. The Code Morphing (TM) seems very
>close to HOTSPOT and Juice technologies. A special C.M. for chess would be nice,
>but I suspect that one would have to part with a lot of money to get a license.
>The high end mobile Crusoe is rumored to be optimized for running  16 (yes 16)
>bit code (read win9x). That said I think they will produce some high end
>performance chips this year.

The Crusoe processor is just a regular processor. It has some cool logic that
speeds up emulation, but other than that, it's nothing special. I doubt there is
any way to make it run chess programs as fast as a high-end processor (P6,
Athlon, etc.) regardless of which "C.M." you are using.

-Tom

• Re: Forget 64 bit--The next chips will be addressing 128 bit and lower code Dan Andersson 18:26:29 01/20/00
  • Re: Forget 64 bit--The next chips will be addressing 128 bit and lower code Tom Kerrigan 19:44:29 01/20/00
    • Re: Forget 64 bit--The next chips will be addressing 128 bit and lower code Dan Andersson 00:27:39 01/21/00
      • Re: Forget 64 bit--The next chips will be addressing 128 bit and lower code Tom Kerrigan 06:56:24 01/21/00
  • Re: Forget 64 bit--The next chips will be addressing 128 bit and lower code Robert Hyatt 19:27:59 01/20/00
    • Re: Forget 64 bit--The next chips will be addressing 128 bit and lower code Dan Andersson 00:23:11 01/21/00

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