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Subject: Re: Place your predictions -- CCT05 Blitz

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 16:00:13 10/21/05

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On October 21, 2005 at 18:50:30, Lance Perkins wrote:

>On October 21, 2005 at 17:09:02, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>>5. Pocket PC Thinker
>>
>>I don't know the strength of the device he will use, but  placing 5th may be
>>estimated much too high, depending on the real CPU horsepower.  This estimate
>>guesses that all hardware is about the same.  In addition, Crafty is on a Dual
>>Xeon, which I do not think gains any real advantage over most of the other
>>entrants.
>>
>
>Pocket PC Thinker will be running on an HP iPAQ 2755 PDA:
>http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=317961&pfp=SEARCH
>
>From my benchmarks, its 624mhz Xscale processor seems roughly equivalent to a
>166mhz Pentium.
>
>Pocket PC Thinker will be using 64MB for the hash table.
>
>A desktop PC will host timestamp through RemoteThinker. ThinkerAutoTalk will be
>on when not playing.
>
>If for some reason, the iPAQ becomes inoperable, the backup is the Dell Axim X30
>PDA. It has the same Xscale processor, but Pocket PC Thinker will only have 32MB
>for the hash table.
>
>I will separately logon as guest to chat, as it is almost impossible to chat
>with a PDA.

It sounds like you will have 5-10% of the compute power of your adversaries.

so 3-4 doublings would get the same horsepower.

Hence, the Elo loss will be approximately 150-200 Elo.

I guess that will drop you 3-4 places.



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