Author: Don Dailey
Date: 08:23:42 05/25/98
Go up one level in this thread
On May 25, 1998 at 01:16:15, David Blackman wrote: >A lot of the handheld computers now use RISC chips at around 75MHz. >Maybe >MIPS clones and Hitachis. This includes the Windows CE computers. >Most of the better dedicated chess computers, including pocket ones, now >also >run RISC chips, but at 40MHz or less as far as i know. Maybe that's a >factor >of 10 to 20 below a fast Alpha. Of course they also have a lot less RAM >than >a fast Alpha, and a relatively small ROM for opening book instead of a >huge >disc, and no endgame table-bases. Hi Dan, Thanks for the clarification. I think this would put my estimate about a year or two closer then. Thanks, - Don
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.