Author: Chessfun
Date: 02:02:07 04/29/01
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On April 29, 2001 at 03:39:53, Bruce Moreland wrote: >It seems clear why it wasn't invited to participate: > >1) The organizer is going to use a multiprocessor machine. >2) Fritz and Junior run on a multiprocessor machine. >3) Tiger is known to not run on such a machine. >4) Tiger is very strong, but if it is stronger than Junior or Fritz, it's >probably not stronger by much. >5) A multiprocessor machine should produce a significant performance boost. >6) It is hoped that the event will produce an "accurate" winner. > >If you allow these points, you can make a case that Tiger on a single processor >can't be stronger than Junior or Fritz on a multi. > >You can also point to a possible embarassment to the hardware sponsor -- if a >single-processor program is used on a multiprocessor machine, the hardware >sponsor looks kind of stupid, since most of the machine is not used. > >And finally, if the event machine has even more processors that the qualifying >machine, it can be assumed that Fritz and Junior would scale, and Tiger would >not. > >I don't agree with some of the above, but I could understand the argument, if >this is the argument that was made. > >In any case, I don't agree that the event should have been held, as I have >stated elsewhere. > >bruce An excellent post. Most of which I was tempted to mention earlier but felt that it had all been said before, and must have been read. Sarah.
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