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Subject: Re: Strongest program for Linux?

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 11:38:03 05/24/99

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On May 24, 1999 at 14:31:30, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On May 24, 1999 at 07:12:24, O. Veli wrote:
>
>>  Is there a commercial program for Linux? I remember a post here stating that
>>Shredder 3 runs under Linux but have never seen it advertised as such. Are there
>>any master level programs for Linux other than the Crafty?
>>
>>Gens una sumus,
>On a multiple CPU machine, crafty is probably the fastest chess program on
>Linux.  In fact, Dr. Hyatt's multiple CPU machine is running Linux (IIRC) and it
>seems to be a world-beater as far as ratings goes.
>
>Since it is already multi-cpu aware, it can harness horsepower that other
>programs can't.  Can you imagine Crafty on a Cray/Silcon Graphics T3E fully
>configured?  It might possibly be the second strongest chess engine on the
>planet, after Deep Blue.

	Does the T3E support SMP? If so, then I am almost sure that crafty on that
machine is stronger than any generally available chess engine. If not, then you
can get a Sun Enterprise 10000, which I am sure supports SMP.



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