Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 20:38:50 05/14/01
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On May 14, 2001 at 22:37:04, Robert Hyatt wrote:
[dm]
>You are overlooking the exponential factor. 3x faster to get one ply deeper,
>3x faster (9x total) to get 2 plies deeper...
>
>ie if you say 2x faster = 50 Elo, then the 8 processor machine could be a
>max of 8x faster, which is 3 doublings or 150 Elo total. In reality it will
>be closer to 6 than to 8x.
Yes, my exponential brain-lock apparently hit the wall causing frazzled neurons
to fire random memes into my agitated brain-pan, as I realized right after I hit
the "Submit Follow Up" button.
{See my other follow-on}
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