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Subject: Re: Intel to formally announce dual processor on Monday ....

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 22:21:40 04/15/05

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On April 16, 2005 at 00:16:58, S J J wrote:

>
>   ... what is the expected impact to  chess programs.  Must they be re-written
>for the new processor, or simply re-compiled?
>
>http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22556
>
>
>Steve

A dual core processor has two processor cores on one die essentially like having
a dual processor system in one processor.

Any program that is SMP aware will be able to take advantange of a dual core
system.  If you favor a Windows OS, that also means you must have a Windows
"Pro" Edition versus  a "Home" edition.  Dual Core will be faster than Hyper
threading but slower than a true dual processor system.

The OS itself will tale advantage of the dual core system , thus making it seem
more responsive than a single CPU single core system.




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