Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 03:35:26 04/11/03
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On April 10, 2003 at 23:32:31, Christophe Theron wrote: >On April 10, 2003 at 13:43:57, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On April 10, 2003 at 13:25:21, Jonas Bylund wrote: >> >>>Personally i have seen a great difference in the long run between SMP capable >>>chess engines and single processor engines, in the words of someone who have >>>dealt with both, what would you say are the pro's and con's?? >>> >>>Jonas >> >>the pro of SMP is that all future processors that will get out within a few >>years are already SMP. > > > >It's simply wrong, or you have deliberately chosen to ignore all consumer >electronic devices and most PCs. >I don't even know if the vast majority of processor produced in the world are 16 >bits or 32 bits ones. Maybe the majority is 8 bits processors. those are at products you cannot run software at. the GPR cpu's which your average tiger user will buy within say 1 year, it will be having for 80% of all cpu's sold build in SMT/HT or whatever the name by then is for the different manufacturers. AMD perhaps will take longer than they say they need. > > > Christophe > > > > > >>So whatever you buy, software that is SMP will run faster at it. >> >>Period.
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