Author: Larry Griffiths
Date: 19:02:25 02/01/01
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On February 01, 2001 at 20:17:34, Robert Pawlak wrote: >Hello all, > >I was wondering what kind of performacne increase one could expect (if any) when >running a chess engine that is _not_ designed for multiple processors on a >multiprocessor machine. > >For example, say I have a performance of X on a single processor machine. What >performance can I expect with two processors? I can see where this might >approach 2X for a program designed for dual operation, but what about one that >is not? Let's assume also that I am running win2K. > >The reason I ask is that I've looked at dual machines running Matlab 5.x, which >I've been told is not compiled for dual processors. And when you look at the >processor utilization under NT, it shows the same utilization for both >processors. > >Thanks! >Bob The chess engine should run like it does on ONE processor. I am running Win2k on a dual=processor machine. It comes in handy when printing while surfing the net, or when several CPU-intensive applications are running at the same time. Larry.
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