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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