Re: [computer-go] Computer Go hardware

[Peter Seibel <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Frank de Groot" <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> One problem with using all possible resources is that improving and
>> tuning program becomes more difficult (as it is slower.)
>
>
> Not at all. RAM means "Random Access Memory". Which means that any
> random location in RAM is accessable in approx. the same time.
>
> So if you have a program that needs to lookup 1000 patterns in a
> 10,000-pattern database or a program that needs to lookup 1000
> patterns in a 100,000,000-pattern database, this takes *exactly* the
> same time.

Only if you know, a priori, the exact address of the 1,000 patterns
you want to look up. And if you know that you only need a 1,000
pattern database, no?

-Peter

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Peter Seibel                                      peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

         Lisp is the red pill. -- John Fraser, comp.lang.lisp
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