Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 21:37:11 07/07/01
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On July 07, 2001 at 21:48:14, leonid wrote: >On July 07, 2001 at 16:03:01, Eugene Nalimov wrote: > >>On July 07, 2001 at 15:28:00, leonid wrote: >> >>>On July 06, 2001 at 20:43:05, Dann Corbit wrote: >>> >>>>On July 06, 2001 at 20:34:59, leonid wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hello! >>>>> >>>>>Recently somebody said that later this year we can expect Intel's 64 bits. It >>>>>look like it is only possibility and nothing more, since Intel promiss this chip >>>>>since 1997. Maybe somebody from you do have some fresh knowledge about possible >>>>>appearance of 64 bits chip. >>>> >>>>COMPAQ (formerly DEC) in 1996 (or was it 1995?). >>>>Unfortunately, the Alpha chip has been officially killed just recently. >>>> >>>>>Never mind if it will be Intel, AMD or some other >>>>>company. Your personal idea about 64 bits influence on chess programming is very >>>>>welcomed. >>>> >>>>Intel is shipping I64 stuff now. >>> >>>News is so wonderful that it is difficult for me even believe into it. But >>>finally it came!!!!!!! Real good! >> >>Why it is so wonderful? A lot of companies sell 64-bit systems for many years -- >>DEC/Compaq, SUN, IBM (based on 3 different CPUs), SGI/MIPS... > >All other companies were selling computers or for the price that very few can >afford, or they miss the attraction of chip that everybody already know to some >extent. I do expect that prices of the Intel will very quickly go down and that >new Assembler will have a lot in common with the old one. You can look at this "new Assembler" at http://developer.intel.com/design/ia-64/manuals/ it is public information for several years. And it has *nothing* in common with "the old one". Plus, right now you can buy Alpha on Sun workstation much cheaper that Itanium one. Eugene >I am amateur that don't have access to the some rare and expensive IBM computers >that other programmers can enjoy right now. > >Leonid. > >> >>Eugene >> >>>Leonid.
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