Author: Frank Phillips
Date: 12:40:43 10/20/03
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On October 20, 2003 at 15:14:25, Gerd Isenberg wrote: >On October 20, 2003 at 14:57:26, Frank Phillips wrote: > >>On October 20, 2003 at 13:44:15, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>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. >> >>bitboards ? > >even pure 32-bit programs profite a lot from 64-bit mode, and even none >bitboards programs may use some 64-bit stuff for hashkeys or some pawn >bitboards. Note that int or even ms-long is still 32-bit. Most important feature >is the doubled register file size. > >Gerd Yes. I imagined the '64 bit versions' related to the program data structure, not the chip. I guess most hash stuff is already 64 bit (or > 32bit) at the moment. Frank
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