Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 09:49:59 08/14/98
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It doesn't really matter if you're mistaken or not. I wasn't talking about one chess program in particular, I was talking about _any_ program that runs much faster than one would expect on a PII (vs. a P5). I'm not sure what there is to disagree about here. -Tom On August 14, 1998 at 11:46:36, fca wrote: >On August 13, 1998 at 08:47:35, Tom Kerrigan wrote: > >>I'm not sure if you're complicating the issue or simplifying it too much. > >A third possibility doubtless obtrudes :-) > >>Here are the reasons why the PII/300 is faster than the P5/200: >>1) higher clock speed (50% faster) >>2) improved core (~50% faster) >>3) faster L2 cache (~100% faster) > >>Now, when > >*If*: possibility of error always possible. Also other factors, as did actually >emerge as a result of clarifications by blass and post by Amir. > >>program X scales exceptionally well,the most important factor is >>probably the faster L2 cache, simply because of the percentages above. That >>should explain my original post on the subject. > >I thought a while before replying as I've no wish to offend. > >"IMO this is not based on sound logic" ;-) > >We agree to disagree maybe... The other storm soon pushes this off the front >page anyway ;-( > >Kind regards > >fca
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