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Subject: Re: 64 Bit Programs

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:33:45 06/28/03

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On June 28, 2003 at 09:18:00, Michael P. Nance Sr. wrote:

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>
>Hello Fellows, Is there any Program out now that is 64 Bit capable?

Any "bitboard" program will profit from 64 bit hardware.

>Futhermore,
>some of the top Programs that aren't 64 Bit capable yet,how long might it be
>before They are?

Hard to say,  In the general case it might _never_ happen.



> Will a different Operating System such as Windows Server 2003
>be needed to run such Programs?

You will need an O/S that _runs_ on the 64 bit chip, but that is all you
need.  IE microsoft already has an Itanium version of XP.  There are 64 bit
versions of Linux.  Sun's O/S is a hybrid for 64 bits.


>The reason being AMD's new Opteron and Intel's
>upcoming Tejas,(both a 64 Bit), are out in the Market place or soon to be
>released. What effect or impact do You Fellows think that this new 64 Bit
>technology is going to have on Chess Programming? Let Me hear from You.>>>>Mike


Those are not true 64 bit processors.  Supposedly 32 bit stuff runs just
fine on them, but they have 64 bit extensions.




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