Author: David Blackman
Date: 03:06:37 06/12/99
Go up one level in this thread
On June 11, 1999 at 11:38:31, HungryGoldfish wrote: >We all want what is best for the chess programs we love. Just as we wish to >give our children nutritious foods, we wish to give our programs fast processors >and lots of RAM. > >Is a program running on a 400 MHz chip with 512K backside significantly fater >than a 400 MHz chip with 1.024K backside catch? > >How would the 400 MHz chip with 512K compare to a 400 HMz chip without any cache >at all? > >And just in case it matters, my program of choice is HIARCS. For chess purposes it doesn't really matter. 512K is plenty for the easy stuff (ie. everything except hash tables and endgame table bases.) With most programs 256K would be enough, and even 128K is not too bad. On the other hand, to get the hard stuff 1024K is far too small.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.