Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:52:00 05/07/99
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On May 07, 1999 at 13:32:27, Dave Gomboc wrote: [snip] >In the general case, one won't get a 4x speedup from 4 processors. Still, I >agree, it will be an improvement. Maybe not enough to be 2700. It will be very close to 4x, at least 70% of that unless they really botched it. >Multi-processor engines are really becoming popular since Crafty v15! If we >consider this as the latest "fad" (though not really accurate, since I'm sure it >will stick around), what will be the next one? Whatever it is that gives the most horsepower. Optical busses? 6-piece endgame database tables on a 4 inch substrate? Who knows. But whatever it is that gives more bang for the buck will be the next thing to be rammed to the fore.
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