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Subject: Re: 64 bits

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:08:21 06/19/02

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On June 19, 2002 at 10:30:39, Brian Richardson wrote:

>On June 19, 2002 at 00:39:23, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>Two points:
>>
>>1.  The 21264 runs Crafty at > 800K nodes per second using a single processor
>>at 600mhz.  What 32 bit single processor can run crafty that fast?  Answer:
>>zero.
>>
>
>Actually, my AMD 1900MP runs Crafty slightly faster than both the single and 2
>cpu Alpha WAC nps test results, albeit at about 1600MHz, not 600.
>
>Of course, just having 64bits is not enough.  MIPS was 64 bits in Oct 1991, but
>broad industry support requires other things, like lots of software, etc.
>Otherwise, Digital might have bought Compaq.
>
>That said, I decided to use 64 bit bitboards in Tinker (baed on Crafty) 4 years
>ago in anticipation of 64 bit Intel processors.  I did not figure that Intel
>would be several years late.
>
>Brian


Your single-cpu machine breaks 1.2M nodes per second?  I haven't seen such
results from any machine I have run on (32 bit machines anyway, limited to a
single CPU)...



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