Author: Jorge
Date: 15:09:39 01/29/01
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On January 29, 2001 at 11:56:53, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 29, 2001 at 11:15:33, Georg Langrath wrote: > >>On January 29, 2001 at 09:21:29, José Carlos wrote: >> >>>On January 29, 2001 at 00:54:16, Georg Langrath wrote: >>> >>>>Are there tournaments between programs that prove that two or more processors >>>>have advantages before one processor. Or is the several processors programs a >>>>disappointment? >>>> >>>>Georg >>> >>> If you want to paint a wall, you'll finish sooner if someone else helps you >>>(other processors). If you only have 1 brush (no SMP programs) you won't notice >>>any difference. If you have n brushes (SMP program) and 1 person helps you (2 >>>processor machine) and the other person is attending the telephone (1 processor >>>doing other tasks) you'll still be faster than if you're alone, but not much >>>faster :) >>> Hope this clarifies. >>> >>> José C. >> >>I think I understand the theory of several processors. But until now there were >>no commercial programs that can use several processors. > >Deep Junior can use several processors for a long time. >Crafty can also do it and another program(Diep) can also do it. > > I mean are there >>engine-engine matches that really proofs that Deep Fritz with two processors is >>better than Fritz 6? Or are the several processors commercial program a >>disappointment? Or is it too early to say? > >I think that Deep Fritz has good results with one processor(it is leading >enrique's tournament). >It is clear that Deep fritz with more than one processor is better(I assume that >Deep Fritz have not a serious bug in using more than one processor but I may be >wrong). > >Uri Uri, isn't Enrique using a dual processor PentiumIII for his tournament? At least thats what I read in his home page.
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