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Subject: Re: diminishing returns

Author: GuyHaworth

Date: 15:34:07 01/30/04

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Using the SSDF data to compare same_prog/different_hw is an interesting idea.

I must correct my recollection of Heinz' results, having looked them up now.
The 12-11 match showed an advantage of 84 ELO.

I reckon one ply extra requires 4x the computing power as effective branch-out
with all the good techniques is ~3, quite a difference from ~30.

So halving the time is probably worth about 40 ELO, less given that the machine
- in a man-machine game - would have the opponent's time to think in, and the
opponent would also have a lower ELO because they only have half the opponent's
time to think in.

g



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