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Subject: Re: What are the different Hardwares participating in the WMCCC ?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 15:49:49 08/18/00

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On August 18, 2000 at 17:59:21, Alexander Kure wrote:

>On August 18, 2000 at 12:42:44, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>[...]
>
>>SPECINT doesn't tell the whole story in the case of Crafty.  Alpha is doing
>>2x the work of the intel in the SPECINT calculations, since alpha=64 bit ints
>>and X86=32 bits.  And then there is the issue of hardware popcnt, etc, that I
>>use a lot, but which are not even tested in SPECINT.
>
>[...]
>
>Hmm, how can this be since Crafty is part of the SpecInt now?
>Did i overlook something?
>
>Greetings
>Alex


It is one program in specint 2000.  Hardly anybody is quoting '2000 values
yet, and crafty is a tiny part.  I saw a lot of spec data during the long
process of getting crafty certified...

it is sort of like using one atypical position to determine your NPS.  Won't
have a lot to do with speed in real games...



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