Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:43:38 05/21/03
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On May 20, 2003 at 15:22:20, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >On May 20, 2003 at 15:06:54, Vincent Lejeune wrote: > >>On May 20, 2003 at 14:05:18, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >> >>>On May 19, 2003 at 21:43:03, Matthew White wrote: >>> >>>>On May 19, 2003 at 17:18:13, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >>>> >>>>>On May 18, 2003 at 12:29:33, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On May 18, 2003 at 09:40:34, Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>Hi, I was thinking on upgrading my system to an Athlon 64 (not yet released) by >>>>>>>Christmas 2003. >>>>>>>Assuming those systems will be available by year end, I was wondering if by then >>>>>>>you will have a binary of crafty that would run 64 bit instructions and if it >>>>>>>would run normaly with winboard. >>>>>>>Also, will it run on the current Windows XP (32 bit)? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Best regards, >>>>>>>Alvaro Cardoso >>>>>> >>>>>>Don't be so eager to jump on the athlon 64 bandwagon. Too many things are new >>>>>>about it: >>>>>> >>>>>>(1) New 64 bit cpu >>>>>>(2) New supporting chipsets >>>>>>(3) New 64 bit OS >>>>>>(4) New hardware drivers >>>>>>(5) New 64 bit compilers >>>>>>(6) and more generally: New 64 bit software >>>>> >>>>>If you don't like (3), (4), (5), or (6), then just use 32-bit software. >>>>> >>>>>Reviews of Opteron running 32-bit software indicate that it performs quite well. >>>>> >>>>>Speaking to each point individually: >>>>> >>>>>(1) - What's wrong with a new processor? Would you hold off on buying a Pentium >>>>>5 because it's new? What would you wait for, a Pentium 6 instead? Besides, the >>>>>Athlon 64/Opteron is based on current Athlons, so it's not 100% new. >>>>> >>>>The Pentiums were based on the 486's, but that didn't save them from the "F00F" >>>>bug. Some people don't mind buying processors with low serial numbers, others >>>>do. It's a matter of personal preference, I guess. >>>> >>>>Matt >>> >>>I wasn't aware that the Pentium borrowed anything from the 486, and if it did, >>>it must have been a very small amount. >> >>it was an evolution of the '486 > >Depends on what you mean by evolution. You could also say that the Pentium Pro >is an evolution of the Pentium. Nothing you posted indicates that the Pentium >directly borrows anything from the 486. > >-Tom I doubt the pentium borrowed _any_ "silicon" from the '486. However, it certainly borrowed the instruction architecture. :) It is possible that a few basic instructions have a pretty unique hardware solution and were borrowed directly, of course...
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