Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 14:24:16 11/13/00
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On November 13, 2000 at 15:27:41, Marc van Hal wrote:
>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
Which would perform worse at chess (and probably at anything else) than the 1GHz
computer he has just bought.
>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
That's right.
I don't think multiprocessor computers will be the norm in the future. The trend
in personal computing is going in another direction.
Have a look at:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20001113/tc/comdex_microsoft_dc_1.html
Christophe
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