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Subject: Re: They are coming ... amd is creating them ...

Author: Bernhard Bauer

Date: 08:12:52 05/08/02

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On May 08, 2002 at 09:37:22, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

>
>I've compiled some links about Opteron (previously Hammer)
>If this CPU is available before Kramnik-Fritz then Chessbase should compile
>DeepFritz in 64 bits mode for the opteron !
>In some month we will see a big jump (2*2200+ to 8*3400+) in elo on chess
>servers (ICC, chessbase,...) where incredible, fast and expensive machines
>appears soon before they're available !
>
>
>A unofficial roadmap about AMD products (you can see 4400+ CPU for next year)
>http://www.amdnow.ru/faq/roadmap.shtml
>
>An interesting article about opteron :
>http://www.amdmb.com/article-display.php?ArticleID=176
>
>All official details about opteron :
>http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_4699,00.html
>
>Official roadmap from AMD (there you can see that 8-way is supported) :
>http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_608,00.html

Why do you expect a big jump in performance by the opteron?
Do you think the opteron supports SMP?
If the complete engine has to be redesigned we do know very little about the
performance gain.
Kind regards
Bernhard



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