Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:29:19 12/17/02
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On December 17, 2002 at 10:48:49, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>>parallel search overhead, you have a problem on _normal_ SMP machines as well. > >Indeed it is true that the first seconds the HT/SMT gives big problems >in speed. Only after a couple of minutes the speed shows. I see only >a speedup after a minute or 3 each position. So? That is _your_ program's results. Mine are just like they have always been. I get a reasonable speedup whether it is one second per move or one hour per move. No difference. > >I need to add however that i could improve a few issues in this version >which could get that down to 1 minute but like you i doubt whether the 11.4% >of HT is worth it. 11.4% is _always_ worth it IMHO... > >I prefer a dual AMD instead for the moment! > Nothing wrong with that. I got the dual xeon because I wanted a chance to play with the SMT stuff since it is obviously going to be "the future" of microprocessor architecture...
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