Author: Adam Oellermann
Date: 01:17:25 08/02/01
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On August 02, 2001 at 04:09:12, stuart taylor wrote: >On August 01, 2001 at 22:16:05, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On August 01, 2001 at 21:48:09, stuart taylor wrote: >> >>>In fact, on a super computer isn't a great "knowledge program" a much better bet >>>than any Fritz? >>>S.Taylor >> >>What is a "knowledge program"? How does it differ from Fritz? Are there any >>known examples? >> >>bruce > >Experts (such as you?) would know better than me. Hiarcs and others were spoken >of as knowledge programs, but it could be much more than Hiarcs, for sure. > >Wherever the speed of a supercomputer is available, why choose a program which >specializes more in quick generation of search over one which specializes in >greater knowledge, as that, together with great speed would surely play greater >than simply speed added to speed. That's what I always thought! >(And I saw an article about Fritz being put into a supercomputer to play >Kramnik). >S.Taylor I certainly don't think an 8-way SMP box counts as a supercomputer in this day and age. The BBC were also sounding off about supercomputers and Fritz on the radio the other day; I fully believe that for Fritz to **compile** on a supercomputer would be major surgery; for it to take full advantage of the supercomputer's power would be a rewrite. - Adam
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