Author: leonid
Date: 05:16:34 11/05/00
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On November 05, 2000 at 03:42:43, David Blackman wrote: >On November 04, 2000 at 08:13:03, leonid wrote: > >>Hello! >> >>When 64 bits Intel's computer will be produced? And it will be really soon? > >Perhaps late in 2001. Some chips have already been built, but not very many, and >Intel is only selling them to software developers who must sign non-disclosure >agreements and not tell us anything useful. > >>Yesterday one of my friends sent me few links about Intel's 64 bits computer. At >>first I expected that it is already in shop. Was happy!!! Later I only could see >>that all those pages talk more about how good this chip is that about its >>imminent production. If somebody here knows more about real date of production >>of 64 bits chip (Intel, AMD...) or its possible influence on the entire chess >>programming, please say your opinion. > >AMD will be available at about the same time as Intel, probably. You can already >buy 64 bit machines from Compaq, Sun, IBM, SGI and heaps of other companies. >Some of these have been available for 10 years or more. Most of them are quite >expensive, and most won't run Microsoft software or the popular commercial chess >programs. They will run Crafty, or anything else you can get source code for. >There are also some very cheap 64 bit machines running in game consoles. Again, >they don't run most of the software you want. > >I think 64 bit machines will run chess programs a little better than 32 bit >programs, provided the programmer is thinking how to make use of the larger word >size. But the advantage will be fairly small. Thanks for explaining! I am happy that AMD will appear in the same time like Intel. It make expectation of very affordable 64 bits machine more realistic.
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