Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 15:32:34 09/17/02
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On September 17, 2002 at 10:40:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 16, 2002 at 18:02:46, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>On September 16, 2002 at 14:00:49, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On September 16, 2002 at 10:44:07, Terry McCracken wrote: >>> >>>>On September 16, 2002 at 10:35:57, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 15, 2002 at 18:11:00, Joachim Rang wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On September 15, 2002 at 17:35:53, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>In the upcoming match versus Kramnik and Kasparov, Intel could promote their new >>>>>>>Xeon processors by preparing a special 8x system. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20020911comp.htm?iid=Homepage+Update_020911a& >>>>>> >>>>>>I doubt that there will be enough time to build and test such a system toroughly >>>>>>until october, so I think they will use other hardware. >>>>>> >>>>>>But nobody seems to know what kind of machine they will use. Or does someone >>>>>>know something? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Notice that the chipset discussed in the link is a _dual_ processor chipset >>>>>_only_. Not a quad, and definitely not an 8-way. >>>> >>>>Hi Robert, how do you think the top Itaniums would perform? >>>>Or do you think it wouldn't help that much due to the fact they really >>>>are 64-bit processors, which need 64-bit systems and programmes? >>>> >>>>Terry >>> >>> >>>I can't begin to guess about how they would perform in general. For Crafty, >>>the new itaniums are really fast. However, the larger multiple-cpu boxes are >>>NUMA and they require some changes to the SMP code that I am currently looking >>>at, so that data is closer to a CPU whenever possible. >> >>That's interesting! >> >>Maybe when the Itanium becomes the Intel and Windows Standard, and programmers >>modify their programmes for these new platforms, we'll see a great increase of >>overall performance. >> >>However, it seems that it is a few years away before this chip becomes >>affordable and is sold for the home computing market. >> >>Of course by that time, it will be incredably fast with more abilities, i.e. >>when the Pentium Pro or P6 became enhanced and the PII was sold for home >>computing, then the PIII. >> >>The future looks good..but it would be nice if it were here now!;-) >> >>Terry > > >Remember that "some" say that 64 bits will _never_ become the "standard" >chip. Of course some said that the 80286 (16 bit chip) was plenty for home >computers and the 80386 (32 bit chip) would never catch on either. :) ROTFL! How true! This reminds me back in 1987-88, while in a computer store, I mentioned something about the future of microprocessors, when 32-bit was new and I said it would be only a matter of time and we would progress to 64 bit chips. A guy shopping there who was a few years younger, overheard me and just shook his head and said no, like I was dreaming, which actually surprised me! I've a habit, maybe a bad one at times...or at least talking about the future and futuristic devices and dicoveries at wrong times:o) Oh well...these days I'm a little less vocal, but I still dream! It's one thing I hope to never stop doing. Even if there pretty exotic and improbable dreams! I've seen a lot change in my lifetime. But I digress...lol
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