Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 13:03:46 07/27/04
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On July 27, 2004 at 15:56:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On July 27, 2004 at 15:44:26, Daniel Clausen wrote: > >>On July 27, 2004 at 11:17:39, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>[snip] >> >>>About 7-8 years ago when I did the parallel search for Crafty, many said "why? >>>that will only apply to special-purpose machines and not mainstream computing." >>> >>>I replied that within a few years, _every_ machine will have two or more >>>processors. This is the beginning of that prophesy. In another few years all >>>programs will either be parallel or "loser". :) >> >>Well, if you're concentrating on the PDA/smartphone market, you shouldn't be a >>loser in the next few years if your main focus is not on parallel search. >> >>Of course, if you want to fight for the WCCC title, you won't have a chance w/o >>parallel search. >> >>Sargon > >Want to make a wager as to when the PDAs will have dual-core CPUs? > >It won't be _that_ long... Even then, it won't matter much, as people playing chess on a PDA want to play by themselves. They don't play engine matches as we crazy freaks here. IMHO, YMMV etc :) Sargon
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