Author: Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)
Date: 20:21:14 11/17/99
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On November 17, 1999 at 02:25:04, Manfred Schubert wrote: >>1) The Mac G3 and G4 are pretty much equivalent for chess programs. >> (The advantage of the G4, the "gigaflop" potential, is for floating point >> programs compiled to take advantage of the Altivec parallel processing. > >That's not quite true. The AltiVec unit os not a floating point unit, but a >vector unit. Vectors are arrays of data, that the vector unit can handle >parallel. I'm not yet shure how to program for Altivec (i don't have a G4), but >since chess programs make heavy use of arrays this could be a big advantage for >chess applications if compiled for AltiVec. Yes, Beusekom's second impression was that there might be some potential for chess programs in Altivec. > >Manfred > >By the way Richard: Did you get my not about the Vanessa Chess 1.5 beta? Yes, I got your note and I've started looking at it. I like the new sets and file icons. I'd like to be able to flip the board to view it from Black's side, More later -Richard A. Fowell
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