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Subject: Re: Multiprocessing question

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 18:30:07 02/19/00

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On February 19, 2000 at 21:10:37, Terry Presgrove wrote:

>On February 19, 2000 at 20:41:33, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On February 19, 2000 at 20:31:01, Terry Presgrove wrote:
>>
>>>Can someone explain in lamons terms how you get 3x  the speed on a quad
>>>over a single cpu? I just don't understand how for example crafty can utilize
>>>the 4 cpu's to be 3.5 (or whatever) faster? How does the program actually
>>>speed up is  ( I guess ) the queston? .
>>>
>>>TP
>>
>>
>>It uses each CPU to search a different part of the tree, and does these
>>searches in parallel.  Just like hiring 4 people to do some big job at
>>your house.
>
> Bob,
>
> Thanks ...I get the general picture and that may be about as much as this
> 50 year old brain can handle. Should of stayed with programming after I
> learned basic with my old Radio shack COCO. Gave up on it in the 80's
> and have regreted it ever since. After more than 10 years of not even having a
> computer I started over again just over three years ago.......the
> choices we make -;)
>
>
> TP
A fifty-year old brain should be very good! A brain can increase in quality
every day! S.T.



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