128-core AMD server

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petero2
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Re: 128-core AMD server

Post by petero2 »

Dann Corbit wrote:
jdart wrote:Arasan scales quite badly on 32 cores, at present. It is on my to-do list to look at soon.

But other engines do better: Stockfish for example.

Crafty also uses multiple cores efficiently and can hits amazingly high NPS, but I haven't tried it on this 32 core box.

--Jon
Texel scales brilliantly
Texel is also one of a few engines that can actually use all 128 cores on that computer, assuming you compile it with cluster support.