Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 17:00:24 05/14/99
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On May 14, 1999 at 19:42:08, Paul Richards wrote: >On May 14, 1999 at 17:34:50, Eugene Nalimov wrote: > >>So, 'simplified' modern 4 chess CPUs DB can easily achieve the performance of >>the 1997 monster. 1 CPU system will be 3 times slower - not bad for $200. >> >>Special-vs-general hardware: yes, special hardware technology is usually worse >>that technology used in mainstream CPUs. Nevertheless, specialized products are >>usually faster, and you routinely use them. > >Speaking of specialized chips, I recently read a spec for a 128-bit cpu >with a floating point performance of 6.2 Gigaflops. A new chip to compete >with massively parallel Intel-based systems? No, this is the cpu >powering Sony's next Playstation home video game system, due out next >year. :)) These systems are invariably designed to be sold at around >$200, otherwise parents won't buy it for their kids for Christmas. >If this an indication of specialized hardware performance for $200, >and comparing the leap from the first to second generation Playstation >hardware, what Hsu will be able to offer for $200 in the coming years >will easily beat the world champ, if the first iteration doesn't already. Microprocessor Report (Vol.13 No.5) estimated initial cost of PS2k as $500. In any case the difference is that Sony don't need to make money selling Playstations - it gets royalty from each copy of each Playstation game sold. Eugene
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