Author: Sandro Necchi
Date: 22:38:20 06/21/04
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On June 20, 2004 at 15:13:23, Jonathan Lee wrote: >I was wondering when the next hardware will be used for the SSDF rating of chess >engines. Will it be 3.2 GHZ or 3.6 GHZ? >In addition when will it happen? Next year (summer)? >Jonathan Well, they normally try to increase the speed by 3 times and keep the upgrade cost low, so you should "expect" what follows: 1. The will upgrade their hardware before the end of the year switching to AMD Athlon 64 when it will be not that expensive. The FX53 is about 3 times faster than Athlon 1.2GHz This is my guess. Sandro
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