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

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 00:13:39 05/09/02

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On May 08, 2002 at 11:12:52, Bernhard Bauer wrote:

>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?

in this document page 44 (MP system architecture) and 45 (latency)
:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/DownloadableAssets/MPF_Hammer_Presentation.PDF

>If the complete engine has to be redesigned we do know very little about the
>performance gain.

no redesigning !

>Kind regards
>Bernhard



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