Author: Paul Doire
Date: 10:59:28 02/22/02
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On February 22, 2002 at 13:56:43, Albert Silver wrote: >On February 22, 2002 at 13:50:20, Paul Doire wrote: > >>On February 22, 2002 at 13:46:00, Albert Silver wrote: >> >>>On February 22, 2002 at 13:24:30, Paul Doire wrote: >>> >>>>On cpu equivalent of 6.4Ghz (4x stronger than match cpu). >>>> >>>>Does that mean it could have gotten 2820 performance rating ?(based on whenever >>>>processor speed doubles programs increase in strength 50-70elo) >>> >>>Not necessarily. The performance is based on its results against humans and not >>>automatically adding points in proportion to the speed. Suppose it still weren't >>>able to do any better than 2-2 against Van Wely on such hardware? You see, that >>>extra ply might not mean it will suddenly beat Van Wely in 40/2h. >> >> >>What will it take to win against humans 75% of the time? > > >If the human is rated 2700 then the combination of hardware and software would >have to perform at 2900. Naturally, better hardware and better software will >yield results, but it isn't so simple. Take today's game for example. How many >moves would Rebel play differently if allowed to calculate an extra ply? How >decisive are those moves? Just adding a ply shouldn't derail Van Wely so easily. > > Albert Are you saying that quadrupling the cpu speed will only add one ply to the search at the same time controls??? Paul >>>>Will we have off the shelf world champion caliber silicon beasts by 2005 ?? >>>> >>>>What do you think? >>>> >>>>Paul
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