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Subject: Re: Regarding CCC discussion level

Author: Omid David Tabibi

Date: 14:50:06 09/09/04

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On September 09, 2004 at 17:37:04, Matthew Hull wrote:

>On September 09, 2004 at 17:25:54, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
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>>On September 09, 2004 at 17:17:49, Matthew Hull wrote:
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>>>On September 09, 2004 at 17:11:35, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
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>>>>On September 09, 2004 at 15:20:49, Matthew Hull wrote:
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>>>>>On September 09, 2004 at 15:13:25, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
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>>>>>>On September 08, 2004 at 20:52:31, Dan Honeycutt wrote:
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>>>>>>>On September 08, 2004 at 14:43:43, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The average level of discussion in WCCC is several hundred Elo above that of
>>>>>>>>CCC.
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>>>>>>>That's logical since everyone there is an experienced chess programmer whereas
>>>>>>>CCC caters to all levels.  However, are there topics that you would be willing
>>>>>>>to discuss at WCCC that you would not be willing to discuss at CCC?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Most of the discussions here are relevant to under 2300 rated programs, and
>>>>>>rarely any ideas of further use are discussed here. In WCCC when you play versus
>>>>>>another engine, you always engage in some form of discusson with the programmer
>>>>>>sitting on the other side of the table, or when you are in a restaurant you also
>>>>>>speak about computer-chess issues with other programmers, etc. Of course most
>>>>>>programmers don't discuss the details of their "weapon of mass destruction", but
>>>>>>the discussion level is much higher, and many subjects that are brought up there
>>>>>>never appear on CCC.
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>>>>I don't understand what your question has to do with the post you replied to,
>>>>but here are the answers anyway:
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>>>I was just trying to elevate the level of discussion on CCC.
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>>>:)
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>>>>>So, to how many processors have you scaled Falcon?
>>>>
>>>>Currently 4 processors is the maximum.
>>>>
>>>>>Will it run on 8+ NUMA machine?
>>>>
>>>>No, I don't have acces to such a machine.
>>>>
>>>>>Is it portable (like GNU or Crafty) or is it limited to Windows?
>>>>
>>>>Yes. Most of my parallel tests are on Linux.
>>>>
>>>>Any more questions? :)
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>>>Can you post speedup data?  We know what Bob has reported.
>>>
>>>Also, is speedup the same for SMP and NUMA?
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>>I told you, I don't have access to NUMA machine.
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>Can you post speedup numbers?  Perhaps some logs?
>
>What strategy do you use to split the search?  Were there any papers that were
>of help to you in the development process?

Is it an interrogation of some kind? :)



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>>>Thanks.
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>>>>>>>Dan H.



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