Author: Lanny DiBartolomeo
Date: 19:10:39 12/12/98
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On December 12, 1998 at 12:57:00, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >Mr Walker, > >Once again, I state, that from the games you played it appears that Junior 5 is >optimized for a Pentium processor. The last six games show the program winning >with white and losing with black. It did not play as well (drew with white) on >the AMD K-6 which is a "faster" processor. What you have shown us is a hint >that these programs play differently on different processors. > >For those with a "statistical" outlook I must remind you that we are not dealing >here with random processes. A CPU and a program interact in "definite" >ways that are "repeatable". > >All in all, I thank you for the games. They do show us that CM6000 has a chess >engine that is as good as or better than the competition. They also tell us to >be wary of using non-Intel processors if we want the best results. Sounds like >a pitch for Intel doesn't it!? > >My checker playing buddies have noticed that the AMD processors usually play a >better game of checkers, Mhz for Mhz, than Intel processors. Actually I think its because Junior has a learning feature and cm6000 Does not
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