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Subject: Re: Refuting nonsense about 64 bits servers/supercomputer chips

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 05:26:59 09/04/01

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On September 04, 2001 at 02:32:07, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On September 03, 2001 at 21:27:30, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>No, but you should stop making pronouncements about various processors, based
>>solely on how your program runs on them.  That is _not_ a good benchmark.  I'll
>>bet you any amount of money you want that Cray Blitz, in pure fortran, will
>>run 10x faster than your program, on a cray.  Because that code was designed
>>to work on a vector architecture, and has specific algorithms designed to take
>>advantage of that kind of hardware.
>
>Just curious, when was the last time you have started Cray Blitz on a Cray?
>
>Ed

Maybe 6 months ago when the state got the new Cray up and running...  That was
the last time I believe.  Prior to that it was either late last year or early
this year when I had a chance to play 10 fast games vs Crafty using Cray Blitz
on a T932.



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