Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 10:44:15 10/20/03
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On October 20, 2003 at 13:32:53, Michael P. Nance Sr. wrote: at the dutch championship yesterday there was a small discussion on this. fritz programmer was also involved (frans morsch) and the conclusion was soon that this was the hardware of the future. you don't have to worry. it's a matter of a short time before there will be 64 bits versions of the different programs. >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. >> >>It is, nevertheless, quite interesting to have big iron on our desktops. >> >>TJ >> >> >> >> >>On October 20, 2003 at 10:00:09, Earl Fuller wrote: >> >>>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 > >Ok tell Me something,please answer Me this? I,m the owner of a dual Opteron Box, >that is 64 bit capable. I bought It to play Programs on. Right now I have >Windows XP Pro as the OS. I also have a beta copy of Windows XP AMD 64-Bit. So I >decide to load the 64-bit OS ,Your saying It won't be useful for Chess Programs? >I understand right now the top Programs(Fritz,Shredder,Junior,ect,ect) aren't >out in 64 -bit. Once They are out,Your saying I would be "pissing in the wind" >by having a 64 bit Box/Programs? I can already notice a big difference in the >Programs I have now,and Thier not 64-bit. So Your saying that once the 64-bit >Program are available,I not going to gain anything on a 64-bit >Box/Program?>>>>Mike
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