steve uurtamo wrote: >> But here is someting interesting: In the case of computer >> chess it has been estimated that the progress in software >> has been roughly the same as the progress in hardware. >> Modern chess programs are truly amazing, and not just >> a result of faster hardware. There is no reason to think >> that this won't be true of computer go. > > This makes me wonder... so how slow (and RAM starved) > of a computer could you use and still get grandmaster level > chess play? > > In other words, how far back could we go in time if we had > today's software and expect a computer to play chess as > well as humans?
Assuming something like Rybka 3 is 3100 human-ELO on a 1 x 3Ghz Core 2: 3100 - 2500 = 600. Assuming 70 ELO for a doubling: 8.5 doublings 3Ghz/(2^8.5) = 8Mhz Core2. A Core 2 is a pretty nice CPU, so let's assume we lose a factor of 2 with a more ancient design: 16Mhz ARM or MIPS Very roughly, maybe an order of magnitude wrong. -- GCP _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
