Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 18:25:01 04/10/03
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On April 10, 2003 at 12:25:45, Christophe Theron wrote: >On April 10, 2003 at 00:52:03, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>On April 09, 2003 at 23:54:14, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On April 09, 2003 at 09:41:23, Charles Worthington wrote: >>> >>>>Hi Christophe! I love your Chess Tiger 15 program but I do have one request: My >>>>system is a Dual 3.06 Xeon and it sort of defeats the purpose of owning a Dual >>>>if I do not run multiprocessor capable chess programs on it. I own Deep Sjeng >>>>1.0, Deep Fritz 7, and Shredder 7.04 and I would LOVE a deep version of Chess >>>>Tiger to test on the Fritz server. The extra 85% in speed would add a real punch >>>>to Tigers strength. With Duals and Hyperthreading cpu's becoming more and more >>>>mainstream, people will be looking more and more to buy software which supports >>>>multiple threads. Have you made a Deep version of Tiger yet? And, if so, where >>>>can I find it? I will be the first in line to buy it. >>>> >>>>Sincerely, Charles >>> >>> >>> >>>I could produce a commercial multiprocessor version of Chess Tiger some day, but >>>I still see no interest to do it at this time. >>> >>>I don't even see an interest in the foreseeable future. I don't believe in >>>multiprocessing as a major trend. >>> >>>I could even add that I don't believe in 64 bits computing either. For me the >>>future of computing in the next years is putting 32 bits single processor >>>computers everywhere (including your watch and your coffee machine). >> >>I think you're incorrect here, I see 64 bit computing common, in less than 5 >>years. >> >>Terry > > > >I hear this since 10 years (and tales about multiprocessing on a chip as well). > >The reality is different and from a market point of view 32 bits single >processor is perfect for so many applications that deploying 32 bits miniature >devices everywhere is what the commercial future is about. > >I would add that I'm not elitist at all and my work has always been about >providing the best possible chess engine to as many people as possible. > > > > Christophe > Well I think you're basically correct, and it will still take a few years before 64 bit computing is affordable....I'm glad you're not an elitest, niether am I!:o) BTW Thanks for bringing out Chess Tiger 15 for ChessBase, I'm going to buy it and add it to my ChessBase collection! I'm an addict I know..... Regards, Terry > > >>>I agree that a multiprocessor version would be significantly stronger, but on >>>the other hand I have many other high priority tasks that would benefit to a lot >>>more people, and for me it's important. >>> >>>Example of such tasks: >>>* Chess Tiger 16 >>>* A Linux version of Chess Tiger >>>* A native ARM version of Chess Tiger for Palm >>>* ...and a few more projects that I prefer to keep secret >>> >>>So I'm very sorry to tell you that you should not hold your breath... >>> >>> >>> >>> Christophe
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