-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In the computer chess ratings they don't necessarily use identical machines, the idea is to simply publish each player as a software/hardware combo. You will see for instance that some programs were tested on a variety of hardware.
Which in itself is useful to a consumer thinking about purchasing a program. Some may run better on one CPU than another. In the near future this may even be true of go programs, it's already true of programs like Mogo. - - Don terry mcintyre wrote: > I'd say that the CGOS server has been an invaluable spur to development, > since it does allow fairly easy testing against the competition. > > What Don seems to be proposing is a way of standardizing the hardware - > all programs run on the same platform. > > It seems that this would require an organization to set up a farm of > identical Go playing machines, each running a different program. > > Don raised the question about what a contest between the single-threaded > ManyFaces versus multi-threaded Mogo would prove. Fotland says his > program does not scale to multiple cpus; Mogo does. While it is > interesting to know how the two programs fare on identical hardware, it > is also interesting to find out whether multiple cpus can lead to a > higher standard of play. > > My guess is that if single-thread programs were routinely slaughtered by > an 8-cpu version of Mogo, developers just might seriously consider the > nontrivial task of rearchitecting their wares to be more scalable - > especially since so many consumers already have dual-core cpus, will > soon have quad-cores, and can expect 8-way machines to be widely > available in a year or so. It is a big task, no doubt of it; but failure > to adapt will lead to loss of market share to more nimble competitors. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=47094/*http://farechase.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTFicDJoNDllBF9TAzk3NDA3NTg5BHBvcwMxMwRzZWMDZ3JvdXBzBHNsawNlbWFpbC1uY20-> > with Yahoo! FareChase. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHDobDDsOllbwnSikRAoAvAKDcS9AUtDQAisMH6vNMSOs+f9WhqACdH5uw 0oqSI8ntW32lE1QXUTnwiM0= =TNrF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
