Author: Peter Berger
Date: 10:19:34 10/13/02
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On October 13, 2002 at 12:00:39, Andrew Williams wrote: >Several people asked: > >Question: What does "12(6)" mean in Deep Blue's logs? > >Dr Hsu said, "12(6) means 12 plies of brute force (not counting the search >extensions & quiescence). 6 means the maximum hardware search depth allowed. >this means that the PV could be up to 6 plies deeper before quiescence." > >Unfortunately questions were being fed through a third-party, so it wasn't >possible to get a follow-up. > >Andrew How about this one? EeEk(* DM) kiebitzt: kib question from ardee: Does "12(6)" mean 12 total ply or 12+6=18 total ply? This has the been source of huge arguments for years! CrazyBird(DM) kiebitzt: 12 total in terms of brute force. 6 is just the max partition in hardware. This one sounds pretty clear to me. Peter
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