Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 10:11:06 08/03/01
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On August 03, 2001 at 04:30:23, Graham Laight wrote: >On August 02, 2001 at 15:07:44, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>I think the best thing is if they say SMP is the way to go, we're going to >>provide them next year, so shut up and get with it now. >> >>Then people would have a year to sink or swim. > >In the long term, it is inevitable that, to keep the standard of chess rising, >multiprocessor machines will have to be admitted (IMO). > >>Of course they'd never find a sponsor who'd contribute 24 duals, but the writing >>was on the wall the moment Crafty showed up on an SMP machine on ICC. >> >>If I actually get on the plane rather than tearing up my ticket, the version I >>use will be my one and only version. If you put it on an 8-way, it will use all >>8 processors. It will actually run on a lot more, if a lot more are available, >>but I don't think there are any systems that support more. If you put it on a >>single, it will use one. That's the way to do it. >> >>bruce > >The winners will be teams whose programs are portable between platforms - and >who can persuade Unix companies to lend them their latest models of 64 bit >machines with huge numbers of processors. > >Last year, I persuaded Compaq to lend me a (single processor) 64 bit Alpha to >take to Alexandra Palace to run Crafty. However, it turned out to be an old >model, and I didn't get it soon enough - so I had to spend all my available time >just getting it to work properly. We only got half the NPS we would have been >able to get on a new Alpha. > >The losers of course will be Fritz. Writing their program in assembly may have >kept them at the top of the hill for a long time - but it's looking like a >serious handicap now. > >-g The winners are eventually the end-users, who can buy programs that will take advantage of their hardware. bruce
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