Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 18:46:19 04/09/03
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Crafty seems to be unique in that it gets a lot from hyperthreading - Fritz does not, as Charles' benchmarks show. SMT is not a guaranteed win. For SMT to accelerate a chess program, the following inequality must be true: (1+S)*1.7/2 > 1 => S >= 17% (approximately: SMP speedup varies a lot over various positions) In other words, Crafty on a PIV will get 30% from hyperthreading and a positive speedup, Fritz on a PIV will get 10% from hyperthreading and a relative slowdown in search (even as NPS go down). anthony
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