Author: Earl Fuller
Date: 07:00:09 10/20/03
Well in case some of you have not heard, AMD has released their new Athlon 64 and the Athlon 64 FX. This is a 64-bit CPU. Yes, it will run 32 bit programs! and faster ! Whats the big deal ? Well, from what i've read, the fastest 32-bit desktop CPU's "Athlon XP and the Pentium 4" can only address 4 GB of ram. But, the new 64-bit can address 256 terabytes of ram. Interesting, don't you think? Most likely in a year you will see a chess program in 64bit being tested with these new CPU's./motherboards/and OS. Microsoft all ready has an XP, OS in beta for the 64 bit! I believe we are about to see another giant leap in chess computer programs performances, ratings ! should be an exciting time for chess programmers! Shredder is already at 2810, how far will it go ? Earl
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