Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: BitScan with reset - not so impressive with 3DNow!

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 08:47:54 12/03/02

Go up one level in this thread


On December 03, 2002 at 09:32:16, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On December 03, 2002 at 06:40:36, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>Does this mean that this is the fastest currently known
>>FindFirstAndRemove *and* that it doesn't need assembly?
>>
>>Impressive for sure!
>
>I wonder how much of an increase in playing strength you are going to get from
>gaining an extra 0.36 to 0.73 seconds every billion times you call this. I'm
>betting it's almost nil.

All else being equal, I prefer the fastest tool for the job, especially
if it doesn't need assembly.

The speed of a routine like this can also influence other parts of
the engines design.

--
GCP



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.