Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 01:04:29 04/16/02
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On April 15, 2002 at 23:33:34, David Dory wrote: >Mark has simply sped up the evalu8 function for Hiarcs latest version. Doesn't >mean that he's improved the strength of the program much. > >Of course, he SAYS it's "much stronger", but it's probably a very small strength >improvement, indeed. He's gotta hype his product a _little_. Maybe, we will have to wait for the testers to do their job on this thing. >Here's the kind of improvement I'm talking about - not hype - facts. > >This is taken from Jonathan Schaeffer's book ONE JUMP AHEAD**. In it, he >documents the hardware improvement on his previous chess program, PHOENIX. > >Year Seconds to Complete Test >=========================================== >1989 3,500 >1990 1,800 >1991 1,327 >1993 629 >1994 357 > >THAT'S what I'm talking about, Sune. A ten fold increase in STRICTLY HARDWARE. >in only FIVE years! Great, now we only need the data on the how the software evolved if we want to compare and conclude _anything_ ;) >(The Phoenix program was already retired, and unchanged during this time. It was >used only to provide a test of the hardware.) > >THIS is the kind of improvement that has being going on in HARDWARE. It's a >fact, (whether you like it or not), it's not "somebody said" or "should be" or >any of the hype. > >Most of the improvement in chess strength in the last 20 years has been due to >HARDWARE improvements. And if you repeat it a 1000 times more, maybe even you will start to believe it... ;) >Even if all the hype says otherwise. > >Dave > >**Page 466 Regards=Sune&Fischer; return Regards; }
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