Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:54:53 07/27/04
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On July 27, 2004 at 16:03:46, Daniel Clausen wrote: >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 My engine uses both cpus against _you_. I'm not talking about engine-engine games at all. But "engine vs user". two cpus will help.
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