Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 00:22:48 07/28/04
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On July 27, 2004 at 17:54:53, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. Hm.. let me rephrase it... People playing chess on a PDA _don't need or want_ a more powerful chess engine. Afterall they want to beat it once in a while. It's a different market. That's the point, I was trying to make. Sargon
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