Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 08:16:29 08/30/01
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On August 30, 2001 at 10:51:23, Mark Young wrote: >I will Quote again for the foreigners: > >"Part of the progress has been due >to incremental changes to chess engines/evaluations/etc, part has been due to >the hardware speed advances. Probably more of the latter than the former, if >the truth is known..." > >Bob states clearly from the above that he thinks "if the truth is known" Micro >Chess computer advancement is more due to hardware speed or faster computers. >Less to due with better chess programs. Still, it does not translate to little progress. That is your interpretation. Just as there are expensive evaluation terms searchwise today compared to Deeper Blue, there was probably similar considerations 20 years ago compared to modern hardware. So given the fast development of advanced computers the last ten years, it's a real possibility that hardware improvements is the primary source for improvement by simple expansion of known methods. >Well we can test this theory, Since we can run the old programs on modern >hardware and play them against the best programs of today. Then we will see just >how much or less hardware has to do with micro computer chess advancement. Actually, I think it would be more interesting to conduct an experiment on obsolete hardware. That would reduce the hardware dimension and focus on engine improvements, ie. illuminate if they are so expensive as to warrent modern hardware, which I believe to be Bob's point. Your planned experiment won't disprove Bob's point IMO. Mogens.
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