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Subject: Re: Fritz able to use multi-processors, a first for commercial software ??

Author: Karsten Bauermeister

Date: 09:10:22 07/02/99

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On July 02, 1999 at 11:08:23, blass uri wrote:

>
>On July 02, 1999 at 08:14:15, John Wentworth wrote:
>
>>In a recent tournament against GM's (I believe it was at Frankfurt), Fritz was
>>said to be using a multi processor machine. Doesn't a program have to be
>>specifically written to take advantage of multi-processors?
>
>yes.
>
> If Fritz is doing
>>this wouldn't it be a first for commercial programs? Just curious.
>
>The version that is using a multi processor is not commercial.
>
>Uri

This version of Fritz will be commercial in Fritz 6 at the end of this year or
beginning of 2000.
Btw: The first commericial multiprozessor-chess"program" was the Fidelity Elite
Version 5 (1992!) with two used Motorola 68000-prozessors.

Karsten




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