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Rybka Forum Cluster Post

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May have been mentioned here before:

http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforu ... l?tid=9246
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Re: Rybka Forum Cluster Post

Post by bob »

brianr wrote:May have been mentioned here before:

http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforu ... l?tid=9246
One can write anything. But to get 1.5 plies (assuming that is a reasonable number) requires at least 3x-4x faster execution. To believe they get that from a cluster with only 4.5x the computing power of the master node is an incredible stretch for anyone's imagination...

Some have asked for some real speedup data. The response has always been "the cluster is for playing games, not for running test positions." Convenient...