Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:24:48 06/28/03
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On June 28, 2003 at 11:01:54, Joachim Rang wrote: >On June 28, 2003 at 10:33:45, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On June 28, 2003 at 09:18:00, Michael P. Nance Sr. wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>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. > >Bob, do you plan to bring a 64-bit-version of crafty someday? > >regards Joachim Yes. About 7 years ago in fact. :) Crafty has been a 64 bit program since day 1. It was designed around 64 bit integers from the beginning.
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