Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:04:37 09/08/99
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On September 08, 1999 at 21:02:58, syed wrote: >I have a few questions regarding the recently concluded World Computer Chess >Championship in Paderborn: > >1.) Is it required that all programs be participating on equal hardware, in >terms of processor/s, RAM etc? No. You can run on any hardware you want, microcomputer, mainframe, super-computer, or even custom-designed chess hardware. > >2.) Do PC based programs like Junior have to be modified to deal with programs >like Dark Thought, CilkChess which employ multi-threading, multi-processing etc? >Or are they already equipped to handle this? I don't understand your question. If you mean "does it have to be modified to use parallel machines?" then yes. Otherwise, it simply has to play against programs that are substantially faster. > >Thanks, >Arshad F. Syed
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