Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:31:09 01/29/02
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On January 29, 2002 at 08:54:54, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On January 29, 2002 at 08:27:46, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On January 29, 2002 at 07:44:37, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >> >>>On January 29, 2002 at 06:54:07, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On January 29, 2002 at 04:45:07, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >>>> >>>>>If the match between Fritz and Kramnik will be held in October, I'm wondering on >>>>>which program will be against Mr. Kramnik. >>>>>The first chosen was Deep Fritz for its multiprocessor capabilities (can run on >>>>>8 cpu's powered machine) , but meanwhile Fritz7 was out with a brand new >>>>>powerful engine, though I'm not sure about its multiprocessor features of the >>>>>latest... anybody knows ? >>>>> >>>>>w.b.r. >>>>>Otello >>>> >>>>The first choice was not the commercial Deep Fritz and I think that you are >>>>wrong to assume that chessbase is going to use something that is commercial. >>>> >>> >>>1) Which was the first choice ? >> >>The first choice was secret Deep Fritz that was based on Fritz7 engine. >> >>>2) Why do not use something commercial since it can be advantaging from the >>>incomes point of view... >>> >>> >>>>I guess that multiprocessor capability is not important for 90% of the users so >>>>chessbase has no reason to invest on commercial version of Fritz7 with more than >>>>one processor. >>>> >>> >>>So probably they will go for Deep Fritz if a multiprocessor machine will be >>>used. >>> >>>> >>>>I also remember that people complained about Deep Fritz and claimed that for >>>>some reason it is only slightly faster with 2 processors when Junior and >>>>Shredder earns more speed from 2 processors so I believe that chessbase were >>>>right when they did not release a multi processor version of Fritz(If they can >>>>do it only 20 or 30% faster with 2 processors then there are not going to be >>>>many people who are really interested in buying a multi-processor version of >>>>Fritz). >>>> >>>>Uri >>> >>>But don't you think that Fritz7 is reasonably better than Deep Fritz engine, so >>>what is the rational to use an inferior engine though if it's multiprocessor >>>capable ? >> >>I agree that Fritz7 is better but the point is that I do not think that they >>cannot use parallel Fritz7. >> >>The fact that they do not sell parallel Deep Fritz based on Fritz7 engine does >>not mean that they do not have a parallel version of Fritz7. >> >>Uri > >If they do have a parallel version of Fritz7, time is only against Mr. Kramnik, >since the longer they wait for the match, the faster the procesors are getting. > >Pichard. actually the quads and 8-way boxes are lagging behind. Memory bandwidth becomes more important than ever...
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