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Subject: Re: DB Chip will kill all comercial programs or.....

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 13:14:33 05/14/99

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On May 14, 1999 at 15:32:54, Eugene Nalimov wrote:

>On May 14, 1999 at 15:11:07, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>
>>I asked him, he says no, that isn't the case.  Apparently Hsu gets better
>>parallel speedup by using only one bound, even though his search tree is larger
>>than it would be if he used two bounds.
>>
>>Dave
>
>I beleive the problem is not better speedup, but amount of silicon necessary for
>keeping both bounds. And in a majority of cases (after we have the PV) the
>second bound is unnecessary anyway.
>
>Eugene

Your comment re: silicon may well be right, but apparently Hsu argued in his
thesis that he achieved better parallel speedup using only one bound, so I think
this must have been a factor in the decision.

Dave



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