Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:24:57 10/14/02
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On October 14, 2002 at 15:17:20, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 14, 2002 at 13:48:26, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On October 14, 2002 at 07:34:16, Bas Hamstra wrote: >> >>>Bob, did you read the Hsu transcript posted here? It is pretty clear to me that >>>Hsu himself says 12 ply fullwidth *total*. Case closed. Please read the complete >>>transcript. >>> >>>Best regards, >>>Bas. >>> >> >>I read it, and I posted the relevant part. He said "12 plies is brute-force >>part >>of search". 6 plies is hardware partition. there could be up to 6 more plies >>beyond the 12 ply PV. > > >Here is part of the discussion that I copied >******************************************************************************* >EeEk(DM) kibitzes: 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! >aics% >CrazyBird(DM) kibitzes: 12 total in terms of brute force. 6 is just the max >partition in hardware. >aics% >******************************************************************************* > >I understand from it that 6 is the maximal part in the hardware of the 12 plies. > >Max partition means max part. >The number 18 was not mentioned in Hsu's reply so it seems clear to me that he >meant part of 12. Then what did his very next sentence mean? "Up to 6 additional plies beyond the PV"??? Everyone is stopping _before_ Hsu did. that last sentence is important, IMHO. As it means the question is still not answered in a way that is precise enough to satisfy me completely. IE 12 plies in software + hardware? (doesn't match the statement) 12 plies in software plus _up to_ 6 more, done by hardware (possible match with statement) 12 plies in software plus 6 more in hardware (doesn't quite match statement, because it says "up to".) So it isn't clear. > >In case that it was 12-18 plies I expect Hsu a reply like the following: > >"12 total in the software(brute force),6 is the maximal additional plies (not >brute force) in the hardware". > >Uri That is the way I am interpreting his answer, in fact, since it correlates well with the emails I have from others on the team that also asked him this question for me.
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