GPUs better for chess than CPUs?

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Re: GPUs better for chess than CPUs?

Post by srblan »

Have you read this paper? I can only get to the abstract, so I can't tell if they had a favorable result, but it seems interesting
http://www.springerlink.com/content/a74t142qk17527u3/
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Re: GPUs better for chess than CPUs?

Post by smatovic »

Have you read this paper?
No.
I can only get to the abstract, so I can't tell if they had a favorable result, but it seems interesting
http://www.springerlink.com/content/a74t142qk17527u3/
Interesting, but it seems they got no alphabeta pruning running:

"Additionally, it discusses αβ parallel pruning implementation."

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