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Subject: Re: Infinite analysis... bug?

Author: Chris Taylor

Date: 14:50:59 02/17/05

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On February 17, 2005 at 17:41:04, Jonas Cohonas wrote:

>Whenever i do infinite analysis, some engines will after x nodes go from say 600
>kN/s to near zero, does this mean that the engines stops calculating at a normal
>rate or does this just mean that they don't know how to count beyond a specific
># of nodes?
>
>In other words, when i observe this behaviour has the engine quit or does it
>still search at it's normal strength regardless of the low kN/s #?

It may be as the hash table fill up, the search slows down.  Even with large
hash files, with todays fast computers, hash gets filled quickly.  I have
noticed this on overnight analysis, using Prodeo, and the earlier versions.

Having said that, let the experts give their opinion as well!

Chris



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