Author: Will Hunter
Date: 21:48:39 05/18/04
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On May 19, 2004 at 00:29:42, Joshua Shriver wrote: >Are there any kind of hardware limitations in computer competitions? > >If not, I'd imagine people would just bring a small custom cluster. > >TSCP would beat Hiarcs or Shredder if tscp was parallelized and Hiarcs was on a >486. > >Just an idea; perhaps there should be some kind of limitation. >If not then you're not really testing the strength of the engines, but a >combination of code and hardware. In that case, whoever has the most money has a >huge advantage. Especially if clustering is allowed. > >Just my $0.02, curious to your opinions. I think it mostly works out in the wash, as the hardware is usually close, but sometimes, (Ask Vincent) no matter what you use you may not even come in forth place! Graz WCCC 2003. Sorry Vincent.....
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