Re: CPUs at 30 Ghz in the year 2005

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From: Robert Hyatt
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 18:23

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In rec.games.chess.computer Hussman <dfhussey1@homenospan.com> wrote:
> But what about parallel processing?  If you are examining 1e9 positions a
> second, your numbers dwindle real quickly.


How long will it take you to search 10^50 positions at 10^9 positions
per second?

hint:  10^41 seconds.  _big_ number.



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From: Robert Hyatt <hyatt@crafty.cis.uab.edu>
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Subject: Re: CPUs at 30 Ghz in the year 2005
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