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Subject: Re: AMD Processors for Chess ?

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 05:13:13 07/08/99

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On July 08, 1999 at 08:00:24, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>On July 07, 1999 at 10:13:23, Harald Faber wrote:
>
>>Because all others benefit only 50% I wouldn't call it a cache issue.
>
>it is definetely a cache issue !
>the k6-2 has a bigger cache.
>all other programs have small engines. cstal has a BIG engine.
>cstal win95 runs 2 times faster on an amdk6-3 than on an amdk6-2
>with the same speed. because of caching. of course - if cstal
>engine would be SMALLER, it would react like all other programs.
>but it isn't small.

Are MCP, The King and Hiarcs that much smaller that they behave "normal" while
CSTal seems to be optimized for AMD?
Sorry, I can't believe it. Give me some dates of the cache sizes of MMX166,
AMD-K6-200.



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