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Subject: Re: 3.06 Xeon Test Results

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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