Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 01:03:10 04/11/03
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On April 10, 2003 at 12:44:46, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >i show up at 500 processors world champs 2003 to name one. Reality check: We are hearing you say such things since 1996, actually at that time you said you had the best program on longer time controls, what a joke as Diep never won one serious title. You are a gifted programmer with strong passion for computer chess but so now and the you need a cold shower. Having said that a little bit of respect for you fellow colleagues can't hurt also. Take care Vince, Ed >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
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