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Subject: Re: Quad proc results (my results here)

Author: Djordje Vidanovic

Date: 07:31:00 05/02/04

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On May 02, 2004 at 00:04:49, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On May 01, 2004 at 22:36:35, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>
>>On May 01, 2004 at 18:20:09, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>On May 01, 2004 at 18:10:32, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 01, 2004 at 15:18:33, Joachim Rang wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On May 01, 2004 at 15:06:24, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>My results...  on a quad 700mhz xeon
>>>>>>
>>>>>>1cpu  289 secs   1.0 speedup    294K nps
>>>>>>2cpu  172 secs   1.7 speedup    571K nps
>>>>>>3cpu  127 secs   2.4 speedup    833K nps
>>>>>>4cpu  100 secs   2.9 speedup   1079K nps
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Unfortunately this machine was running nfs for the entire department so it
>>>>>>wasn't totally idle, but the numbers seem within "reason" of what I would
>>>>>>expect.  Note also that I didn't run multiple runs and average the times, so
>>>>>>there could be some random noise in the above as always...
>>>>>
>>>>>still below 3 even for such a SMP-Giant like Crafty.
>>>>>For an 8-way machine what do you expect?
>>>>>
>>>>>regards Joachim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>My estimate is always speedup = 1 + (CPUS - 1) * .7 as a rough number.  Some
>>>>positions go higher, some go lower...
>>>>
>>>>So figure about 6x on 8-way...  I have tested that myself.  16 and beyond are
>>>>not so clear yet...
>>>
>>>8 ways are kind of NUMA, so forget it for crafty.
>>
>>As well as 32-way Itanium on which I tested Crafty some time ago...
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Eugene
>
>
>You should realize that our pitiful knowledge pales in the presence of the
>world's foremost authority on everything.  I really don't see why anyone would
>enter a tournament where his program plays since they have no chance against
>his.
>
>Wait.  Has he ever won one for real?
>
>Wait again.  Seems that ICC is broken in that it shows that crafty vs diep has
>looked like this (from crafty's perspective):  468 wins.  156 losses.  166
>draws.  So maybe there _is_ hope for the rest of us???
>
>I've never seen anyone that knows so much about everybody _else's_ programs.  Or
>at least that _thinks_ he knows so much about everybody else's programs...
>
>Fortunately the reality of actually playing in events catches up with the
>fantasy-land claims and pronouncements...



I guess it's normal for duals to have somewhat bigger speedup? I think that I am
getting about 1.8 speedup here on my dual Xeon (HT).

Djordje



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