Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 08:16:41 04/19/02
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On April 19, 2002 at 08:47:40, Roy Eassa wrote: >On April 18, 2002 at 21:46:43, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On April 18, 2002 at 16:33:55, Martin Andersen wrote: >> >>>On April 18, 2002 at 16:10:02, Sally Weltrop wrote: >>> >>>>A Japanese machine records the fastest "floating point" calculation >>>>speed - over 35 trillion calculations per second. This is five times >>>>faster than the previous record holder, IBM's ASCI White system. >>>> >>>>http://www.processrequest.com/apps/redir.asp?link=XbddafaeBG >>> >>>I'm no expert, but I don't think chess programs use floating >>>point calculations. >>> >>>Martin >> >> >>Only because on PC machines, integer math is faster. If FP was faster, >>we'd all be using that. On some machines, it is faster.. > > >Interesting point! Could FP be faster than integer on the desktop in the >not-too-distant future? Or will that remain the domain of "big" computers for >many years to come? not a chance that ints are slower. you can see fp as 64 bits ints, you can't see ints as fp though
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