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Subject: Re: To Vasik - What is the progress of MP Rybka ?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 12:42:17 01/18/06

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On January 18, 2006 at 10:20:43, stuart taylor wrote:

>On January 18, 2006 at 07:21:27, Vasik Rajlich wrote:
>
>>On January 18, 2006 at 04:15:20, Majd Al-Ansari wrote:
>>
>>>Just wanted to know how the progress is going for the multiple processor version
>>>of Rybka.  Also will it be sold as a seperate engine or part of the Rybka 1.2
>>>options.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>
>>Majd,
>>
>>multi-processor Rybka is a project for later in the year. It's also likely to be
>>a relatively low-end implementation, IMO search and evaluation intelligence are
>>more important.
>>
>>Vas
>
>You will keep the single-proccessor program updated with it? Or might you do as
>Fritz did, which was to make the multi-proc. updated and improved, and leave the
>single-proc., as a lower level, out of date engine? This forced many people with
>only a single-proc. computer to buy the dual engine, just to get something
>slightly stronger. It also costed about twice as much, and, it took about
>another year for Fritz to make the next single pro. This was a two-year gap.
>S.Taylor

For sure, his approach is the right one:
1.  Make it right.
2.  Make it fast.

The reverse order is always a mistake.



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