Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 19:42:45 01/30/04
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On January 30, 2004 at 18:34:07, GuyHaworth wrote:
>
>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.
An extra ply should rather be in the 2.5-3 range with state of the art
techniques.
>So halving the time is probably worth about 40 ELO,
If you consider that an extra ply takes 4x, but that's not the case.
Christophe
> 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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