Author: Terry Presgrove
Date: 03:19:35 11/18/98
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On November 16, 1998 at 23:34:38, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >A processor that's Microsoft Windows compatible is basically going to have >shared memory multiprocessing. > >-Tom >thanks for the information.........CPU discussion can be difficult for the novice to understand! >On November 16, 1998 at 19:45:31, Terry Presgrove wrote: > >>I just read that AMD's new K-7 chip will support multi-processing >>but I'm not sure it will be shared memory? Here is the quote from >>AMD's home page. "About the AMD-K7(TM) Processor >>The AMD-K7 processor with 3DNow!(TM) technology is a Microsoft® Windows® >>compatible, seventh-generation design featuring a deeply pipelined, nine-issue >>superscalar microarchitecture optimized for high clock frequency; a superscalar >>pipelined floating point unit; 128KB of on-chip level one (L1) cache; a >>programmable high-performance backside L2 cache interface; and a 200 MHz Alpha >>EV6 compatible system bus interface with support for scalable multiprocessing. >>The AMD-K7 processor is slated for introduction in the first half of 1999 and is >>planned to operate at clock frequencies greater than 500 MHz." >>I guess the key phrase is "scalable multiprocessing" anyone have a clue >>as to what this means? I am particularly interested in its impact on chess >>programs?
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