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Subject: Re: To christophe theron regarding ct.

Author: Jonas Bylund

Date: 11:09:02 04/10/03

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On April 10, 2003 at 13:56:29, Keith Evans wrote:

>On April 10, 2003 at 13:42:09, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On April 10, 2003 at 13:36:55, Keith Evans wrote:
>>
>>>On April 10, 2003 at 12:44:46, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 10, 2003 at 12:39:59, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On April 10, 2003 at 12:02:05, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On April 10, 2003 at 11:37:50, Jonas Bylund wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On April 10, 2003 at 10:27:57, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On April 10, 2003 at 10:11:21, Jonas Cohonas wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On April 10, 2003 at 09:25:09, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On April 10, 2003 at 09:20:15, ERIQ wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>These are all great goals, but I like this order better.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>* A Linux/bsd version of Chess Tiger w/ great gui ie. Eboard or better.
>>>>>>>>>>>* A native ARM version of Chess Tiger for Palm
>>>>>>>>>>>* Chess Tiger 16
>>>>>>>>>>>* ...and a few more projects that I prefer to keep secret
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>basis for order is:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>1.I will have a freebsd system running in about two week hopefully (just waiting
>>>>>>>>>>>on hardware to arrive)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>2.As soon as I could buy a new sony palm I will. So I can win a game from time
>>>>>>>>>>>to time :)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>3.And ct16 should be last because ct15 is already too strong!! whether it's
>>>>>>>>>>>first or last on that silly list that everone likes, I can't beat it on a 486
>>>>>>>>>>>comp. And yes I've tried shamlessly
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Just my two cents.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  Sign,
>>>>>>>>>>>     Eriq
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>a dual version of CT15 would kick more butt than ct16 or working at the unknown
>>>>>>>>>>freebsd. note that freebsd allows multiprocessing but multithreading at it i
>>>>>>>>>>cannot advice.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I think a dual version of CTX would be great! maybe we should have a hands up
>>>>>>>>>here, to see if we can influence the order of things ;) (note: people with dual
>>>>>>>>>processor systems votes count double, ok maybe only 1.7 :)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Jonas
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Some people are simply too lazy or have too much bugs in their software to get
>>>>>>>>stuff parallel well to work.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>It will be always like that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Well i don't know where that came from, but i am quite sure that an accomplished
>>>>>>>programmer like CT would have no problems making Tiger SMP.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>in which case he is just plain lazy now.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Vincent I have explained that I have other priorities.
>>>>>
>>>>>Why should I spend time on a task that I estimate is mostly a waste of time?
>>>>>
>>>>>Can you mention the benefits that has brought to you the multiprocesor version
>>>>>of Diep?
>>>>
>>>>i show up at 500 processors world champs 2003 to name one.
>>>>
>>>>other is that i don't need to waste my time with forward pruning because i get
>>>>already a factor 2 nearly out of SMP.
>>>>
>>>>>Have you won any tournament thanks to it? Has it improved your image, the
>>>>>perception of quality in the eye of your future customers? How much money (=fuel
>>>>>to continue improving your chess engine) have you made from it?
>>>>
>>>>It definitely will.
>>>>
>>>>Noomen has brought you a few victories at quick levels. Well done Christophe.
>>>>
>>>>>How can you justify that it has not been an almost complete waste of time?
>>>>>    Christophe
>>>>
>>>>History will forget you. History won't forget me. You will see soon. So far SMP
>>>>was just a factor 1.5 speedup for most and 1.8 to 2.0 for some.
>>>>
>>>>But coming years the difference will be way more. Factors 4.0 to 8.0 will not
>>>>get uncommon. Just read my lips.
>>>>
>>>>In my case how about 500 cpus at europes fastest supercomputer for
>>>>computerchess?
>>>>
>>>>Now *that* is a bigger sales argument than you might think Christophe. Let's not
>>>>publicly discuss sales. But you know what i mean. I bet you want to exchange all
>>>>those tournament victories for just one shot at the title at a world
>>>>championship which simultaneously is also a shot to playing the FIDE world
>>>>champ!
>>>>
>>>>Best regards,
>>>>Vincent
>>>
>>>
>>>Vincent,
>>>
>>>You're using a 500 CPU system for performance, and you're worried about the cost
>>>of an SDRAM DIMM (or whatever type of memory) in a different thread...
>>>
>>>Wow!
>>
>>my thing is in software not hardware keith. If people buy my thing it is a
>>software cdrom. price matters there too if it is not too much. I can't ask $1000
>>for my thing if it is software. $250 would be outrageous too.
>>
>>But when we talk about hardware that everyone can buy, then price matters of
>>course.
>>
>>there is a big diff between software and hardware, and that's price.
>>
>>Whether i run on a dual K7 or a 500 processor, it is the same program. 500
>>processors simply speed you up more than 2. that's all.
>
>Well if you can keep the same executible then it could be a selling point. I was
>assuming that the 500 processor version would have some differences. Is the 500
>processor box running Windows? Linux?

Good question ;)

Jonas



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