Author: Albert Silver
Date: 05:53:19 02/22/06
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On February 21, 2006 at 14:51:21, stuart taylor wrote: >On February 21, 2006 at 10:30:19, Albert Silver wrote: > >>On February 20, 2006 at 18:37:30, stuart taylor wrote: >> >>>On February 20, 2006 at 18:25:09, Terry Giles wrote: >>> >>>>On February 20, 2006 at 18:13:11, stuart taylor wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 20, 2006 at 11:41:24, Lubo Lubop wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>The match is sheduled for September in Abu Dabi. >>>>>>If Topalov win he will receive 1 million $ >>>>>>For more info in Bulgarian only: >>>>>>http://www.topsport.bg/article.php?cid=7&aid=37417 >>>>> >>>>>Why not Rybka? I thought Rybka was the strongest at the momment. >>>>>S.Taylor >>>> >>>> >>>>Rybka is a chess engine (software only) which runs on conventional PC's. >>>>Hydra is a specialised combination of hardware and software and non-commercial. >>>> >>>>Terry >>> >>>And would that make it atleast 50 elo points stronger than the finished Rybka on >>>fast dual processor, soon? >>>(I find that hard to believe) >>>S.Taylor >> >> >>Rybka is a single processor program only, so it wouldn't take advantage of a >>second core or CPU even if one were available for it. >> > >Still, it might play stronger using what it CAN use, than Hydra, using what IT >can use. And that's the main thing, isn't it? > S.Taylor I sincerely doubt Rybka on a single CPU would beat Hydra running on 32 or 64 processors. I think it would just be outgunned. Albert
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