Author: Darrel Briley
Date: 01:06:23 04/16/05
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On April 16, 2005 at 01:21:40, Mike Byrne wrote: >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. There are actually some benchmarks showing the dual core systems getting the edge over a dual cpu system (at least in some tests), probably due to improved memory latency issues.
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