Re: computer-go: FPGA

[David Fotland <fotland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>This reminds me of a question I've been meaning to ask.  How important
>is  the  speed of  hardware nowadays as   far as modern  or typical go
>programs are concerned?
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>If one of the top   programs got to use   a computer 100X faster  than
>everyone elses in  a tournament, would its chances  of winning  go way
>up?

Many Faces would not get smarter unless I changed, since the levels are
set to do a certain amount of work, not search for a certain amount
of time.  If I changed it, it would get somewhat stronger, since it would read
life and death and local tactics more accurately.  But since I do very
selective
full board searches, it won't get much stronger without changing the
move generators and evaluation function.  There are still plenty of
positions that I misevaluates horribly, and making the computer faster
won't help this.

David


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