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Subject: Re: AMD's new 64-bit

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 09:39:55 10/20/03

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On October 20, 2003 at 12:10:00, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>Earl,
>
>If Microsoft has an OS for the 64bit system I am sure that it will crash too.
>Terabytes of RAM are useful for massive EGTBs but little else. With ten pieces
>on the board on each side in a typical middlegame I am not sure if these memory
>enhancements would make much difference in chess. Sixty four bit and above
>computing may be useful in celestial mechanics and nuclear weapon design, where
>high precision calculations are needed, but not in chess.

Bitboard programs like Zappa or Crafty use 64 bit integers all over the place ;)
So, in fact the 64 bit ness of it all is quite useful.

anthony



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