Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:51:18 08/07/00
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On August 07, 2000 at 22:56:48, Dann Corbit wrote: >On August 07, 2000 at 22:48:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On August 07, 2000 at 22:31:58, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On August 07, 2000 at 22:23:50, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On August 07, 2000 at 21:45:55, Peter Kappler wrote: >>>[snip] >>>>>What hardware will you use? >>>>> >>>>>--Peter >>>> >>>> >>>>Graham has been busy and has lined up an alpha from Compaq... but a real >>>>alpha and not a PC-alpha... >>>> >>>>more after I check out the model number, etc. >>> >>>Sure would be interesting if it were one of those 64 CPU terrors currently in >>>beta. NPS beyond the wildest dreams of avarice. >> >> >>Not legal in the WMCCC. Single cpu only. The machine appears to be a 21264 >>so it will run Crafty way better than any intel or clone... > >Some of their machines have a ludicrously fast memory bus (something insane like >1.6G/sec springs to mind). Don't know if those would be allowed in a WMCCC >contest either, but with a ton of memory and ultra-fast access, you would have a >significant advantage. The 264 is a good chess chip. 64kb of L1 for data, 64kb of L1 for instructions, 4mb of L2 cache.
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