RE: computer-go: FPGA

["jliu" <jliu@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I think when computer speed-up, it speed-up linearly, while the difficulty
of search explodes exponentially with respect to depth.

James
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Subject: Re: computer-go: FPGA



>
>I have always believed that  any program should be  designed in such a
>way  that  it is   GUARANTEED  to  improve with   increasing computing
>resources.


This is not possible. You can guarantee that the computer uses
all the time available, but you cannot guarantee that the additional
work will result in an improvement.  It might even make things worse.