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Subject: Re: Is the opteron good, bad or ugly for computer chess programs?

Author: Tom Likens

Date: 11:40:22 04/22/03

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On April 22, 2003 at 14:11:36, Ricardo Gibert wrote:

>On April 22, 2003 at 12:43:50, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>
>>more opteron reviews :
>>
>>http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030422/index.html (overloaded server)
>>http://www.theinquirer.net/
>>
>>
>>Crafty sould take a big boost on the 64 bit opteron but it should be interreting
>>to see how Shredder 7 work on a dual opteron too
>>
>
>The following segment of the Aces Hardware review is certainly thought
>provoking:
>
>http://www.aceshardware.com/read.jsp?id=55000265
>
>They make a "micro-benchmark" of 64 bit data operations (such as bitboards) that
>is interesting, then a connect-4 benchmark. Both seem relevant to computer chess
>and both make opteron look very good.

Gee, what are the odds that the Intel compiler will ever be
optimized for this??!! :(

--tom



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