Author: Gregor Overney
Date: 22:20:05 07/09/99
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>I am currently thinking of upgrading my system. I was thinking of PIII 450, but >am still undecided. Since the program I am writing will also have a large amount >of code (i.e. evaluation), I may be swayed to a different system. > >KarinsDad :) Since your are still undecided but intend to write your own Chess code, consider this: Get a 21264 Alpha based system with 4 or 8 MBytes of L2. Then you get 64K/64K for L1 and plenty for L2. It's a good improvement compared to the 21164 with 8K/8K for L1, and 96K for L2, and 2 to 8 MBytes for L3. Digital has recognized that three level staged caching creates too much overhead. I am afraid that the AMD will suffer exactly under the same problem. An even better example of efficiency is the PA-8500. It only has L1 cache 1M/0.5M (no L2, no L3). But even the old 21164 at 600 MHz is a solid chip for 64-bit computing. Systems are available for 2 to 3 k$. Gregor
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