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Subject: Re: Open letter to prof. Irazoqui about the Braingames qualifier

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 09:48:09 04/29/01

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On April 29, 2001 at 04:01:32, Uri Blass wrote:

>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.
>
>I understood that tiger can use more than one processor.

Did Enrique know that?

>I guess that Tiger could earn less than Fritz or Junior because of the fact that
>Christophe and Ed had not enough time to optimize tiger for more than one
>processor but it still can earn something from more than one processor.

If he has a multiprocessor version, yes.

bruce

>I am interesting to know how much tiger earns from more than one processor.
>
>If there is a parallel version it is easy to compare both versions at least in
>test positions and to give an estimate how much is it faster on 2 processors.
>
>I guess that for most programs like Junior or Fritz the number is something like
>1.7 times faster.
>
>Uri



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