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Subject: Re: When Will the Top Chess Programs be 64 bit?

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 13:22:54 08/14/03

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On August 14, 2003 at 10:48:20, Bob Durrett wrote:

>
>According to the SSDF list, the top engines are Junior, Shredder, Fritz, Tiger,
>etceteras.  They are all 32 bit.
>
>I am afraid to purchase a 64 bit computer because the only chess software that
>would run on it is Crafty, and the database managers such as ChessBase would be
>useless too!
>
>When will the rest of the world catch up with Bob Hyatt????

Mine (Deep Sjeng) has been 64 bit for quite a while now. I posted results
from the native 64 bit Opteron version just a few days ago. It's extremely fast.

The Opteron will run 32 bits programs. And it will run 64 bit programs
even faster.

I'm getting myself one.

--
GCP

• Re: When Will the Top Chess Programs be 64 bit? emerson tan 05:26:27 08/15/03
  • Re: When Will the Top Chess Programs be 64 bit? Gian-Carlo Pascutto 05:32:04 08/15/03
• Re: When Will the Top Chess Programs be 64 bit? Russell Reagan 16:11:53 08/14/03
  • Re: When Will the Top Chess Programs be 64 bit? Gian-Carlo Pascutto 16:17:47 08/14/03
    • Re: When Will the Top Chess Programs be 64 bit? Bob Durrett 19:54:34 08/14/03
      • Re: When Will the Top Chess Programs be 64 bit? Bo Persson 04:38:34 08/15/03
      • Re: When Will the Top Chess Programs be 64 bit? Gian-Carlo Pascutto 00:50:21 08/15/03

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