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Subject: Re: Does 64 bit architecture have any benefit on chess programs?

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 11:23:53 10/02/02

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On October 02, 2002 at 11:56:11, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>Most supercomputer processors are stupid alpha's or stupid other cpu's
>which run
>  a) at lower Mhz speeds
>  b) give lower performance

Wait a minute, something just occurred to me. What clock speed does the Alpha
run at? 1.25GHz. What clock speed does McKinley run at? Last I heard, 1GHz, at
most. So not only are you wrong on the performance count, you're also wrong on
the clock speed count.
-Tom

• Re: Does 64 bit architecture have any benefit on chess programs? Vincent Diepeveen 11:54:13 10/02/02
  • Re: Does 64 bit architecture have any benefit on chess programs? Tom Kerrigan 13:55:49 10/02/02

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