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Article #5628Re: parallelizing gnuchess
From: David Spencer
Date: Mon, 03 May 1993 19:30
Date: Mon, 03 May 1993 19:30
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In article <memo.183852@cix.compulink.co.uk> iwatters@cix.compulink.co.uk writes: > > ____ >Throwing n processors at a alpha-beta tree search gives / n > \/ >speed increase, so there's a point at which the cost outweighs the benefits. > I believe that it's more accurate to say that this is a *rule of thumb*. There's no inherent reason why someone couldn't find a way to get a better speedup out of parallel AB, and I believe that people have claimed better than that.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d71d,76e6c3a370dbc4 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d71d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-05-03 13:15:18 PST Newsgroups: gnu.chess Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!retix!dspencer From: dspencer@retix.com (David Spencer) Subject: Re: parallelizing gnuchess Message-ID: <C6Gu6o.Iu0@retix.com> Organization: Retix, Santa Monica, CA USA References: <memo.183852@cix.compulink.co.uk> Date: Mon, 3 May 1993 19:30:22 GMT Lines: 15