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Subject: Re: ppc -vs- alpha for chess

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 21:16:34 09/27/00

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On September 27, 2000 at 17:05:26, ERIQ wrote:

>does anyone like to give opinion on topic I am thinking my self that ppc
>may be faster Mhz to Mhz but ppc only goes up to 500, alpha's go up to 750
>or so. what do you think ?


Depends on the engine.  If it can use 64 bit instructions, the alpha is far
better.  If you only need 32 bit data values, the alpha is wasting 1/2 of its
time.



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