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Subject: Re: 4,200,000 max kN with Shredder 7.04

Author: Michael P. Nance Sr.

Date: 16:05:57 08/17/03

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On August 17, 2003 at 17:44:53, Tony Werten wrote:

>On August 17, 2003 at 17:34:14, William Penn wrote:
>
>>I've noticed that when running Shredder 7.04 UCI engine in CB Shredder 7 GUI in
>>infinite analysis mode, there's a problem with the kN and kN/s counters after
>>the total KN exceeds about 4,200,000. That's not an exact number, but
>>approximated.
>
>I can make the pretty precise gues that problems start after 4,294,967,295
>nodes.
>
>
>>In any case, kN reverts to zero at that point and begins counting
>>up again. The value of kN/s also drops to zero then start increasing again (very
>>slowly). I believe the 7.04 engine continues to work OK, just that counter is
>>buggy.
>
>It's not buggy, it's 32 bit.
>
>Tony
>
>
>>WP
So with 64 bit technology it would go further?



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