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Subject: Re: Hyper Threading Chess Programs

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 19:01:43 03/01/02

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Program have to be modified to use x86 'pause' instruction instead of spinlock
loop, otherwise waiting thread will use a lot of CPU time.

Eugene

On March 01, 2002 at 21:24:50, Sean Mintz wrote:

>I don't think the program has to do anything. I think if the operating 'sees'
>two (or more) processors then it would be just like there actually _being_ two
>(or more) processors. Although a good expirement might be seeing if there is any
>improvement on a chess program w/ hyperthreading. Personally, I think it would
>slow the program down, but it'd be neat to be proved wrong.

• Re: Hyper Threading Chess Programs Nolan Denson 20:16:11 03/01/02
  • Re: Hyper Threading Chess Programs Wylie Garvin 15:37:35 03/02/02
  • Re: Hyper Threading Chess Programs Dan Andersson 01:34:04 03/02/02

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