Author: Marc van Hal
Date: 12:27:41 11/13/00
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On November 13, 2000 at 14:58:59, Bob Durrett wrote: >Today, the wealthy or lucky have multiprocessor computers and can use the new >programs being discussed here. But is this a precursor to a major advance in >home computers anytime soon? When? > >I just recently purchased a 1 GHz single-processor PC. Generally, I plan to >replace my computer after about five years, or maybe sooner if there is a big >difference sooner. > >So, to pick a specific date, how about five years from now, 2000 + 5 = 2005 ? > >Will multiprocessor PCs then be commonplace on the consumer market, priced so >the ordinary person can afford them? More importantly, what will the chess >software look like then? > >For example: Will the chess programs for multiprocessor PC computers be >designed to perform different tasks or functions on the different processors, or >will the processors just be "bunched together" to make the computer look like a >really fast single-processor computer? > >Also: Do the current crop of chess engines use the processors for different >tasks? > >Answers or speculations "are hereby solicited." For the same money you purchased your 1gig cpu and board you could have bought a celeron multiproccesor motherboard with 2 x 500Mhz But ok it is treu that buying this kind of hardware is extremely expensive for the comon man I doubt that in the future more programs will use multiprossecor tasks but what you do see is that all the hardware gets it's own prossecor like video and audio card and so on It also is not so that if you use 2 x 1gig cpu on a multi poccesor you get a speed of 2 gigs so not as fast as a single cpu computer of 2 gigs
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