Author: Charles Roberson
Date: 15:40:58 04/23/05
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When we voted on this at the WCCC 2002 tournament, we decided there
was no need for WMCCC and WCCCC. The discussion came up under the concept
of what is a micro-computer since Hydra could fit in a PC.
After breifly reviewing the history of WCCC, we saw that platform is
somewhat irrelevant. Over a decade ago, Shredder's hardware was damaged
in transit. The TD's gave it a spare pentium 90Mhz machine (single
processor). Shredder went on to win the competition beating both Deep Blue
and a 1024 processor supercomputer. Diep has used many processors and
failed to win the tournament but does perform well.
As the history of WCCC reveals, massive hardware doesn't guarantee a win.
Also, now one can easily get a dual proc machine. In a couple of years,
dual core technology will allow one to easily get a quad or better
processor machine.
Hydra is calculating 40 Mnps. That isn't that much when one realizes that
Crafty can handle 4 Mnps on some not so exotic hardware. If one could get
Crafty up to 8 Mnps, then Hydra would be only 5 times faster. This means
it will get only 1 to 2 ply deeper. Combine this with the ongoing theory
that after 14 ply (achievable by Crafty), 1 more ply is not worth nearly
as much as an extra ply when search 9 or 10 ply deep.
I beleive that a professional and amateur title is about all that is
needed.
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