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Subject: Re: Where is now 64 bits Intel's computer?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:32:11 05/18/02

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On May 18, 2002 at 08:13:29, Michael Vox wrote:

>On May 18, 2002 at 00:09:04, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>They are already available.  We just bought a bunch of new Sun 64 bit
>>workstations for under $2,500 each...
>
>How much would the CPU alone be and what would the comparable speed to a 32 bit
>CPU be ?
>
>For example would the 64 bit architecture be running at approximately the same
>power as a 10ghz 32 bit Intel ?


I don't know.  I have some unofficial results from someone at Intel (involved
with SPEC testing) that puts a 1ghz mckinley at 1.4M nodes per second.  That
is somewhat faster than my quad 700 (2.8ghz roughly).

Of course, Crafty depends heavily on 64 bit operations, so it gets a big
boost...



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