Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 16:18:22 01/29/01
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On January 29, 2001 at 18:09:39, Jorge wrote: >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. I am using a dual machine, but DF gets only one processor. The setting Thread=1 takes care of that. Enrique
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