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Subject: Re: Since the CPU is what really count for Chess !

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 13:13:11 03/17/03

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On March 17, 2003 at 14:34:49, Tom Kerrigan wrote:

>On March 17, 2003 at 13:26:46, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>the CPU is not the _only_ thing to look at.  Memory bandwidth is another.  A
>>machine
>>with a MB that supports interleaved memory will be somewhat faster, but
>>generally somewhat
>>more expensive as well.  There are other issues too, of course.
>
>Do you have any evidence of this? Because last time we disucssed this, you
>didn't...
>
>-Tom


Evidence that a machine with interleaved memory is faster than a machine without
interleaved memory?  I certainly had two such machines sitting side-by-side a
few
years ago, and it made a difference.

I can't imagine a case where it would not, unless memory bandwidth isn't an
issue for
a program.   For Crafty, at least, it certainly is.



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