Re: [gnugo-devel] multi-threaded GNU go

[Christian Bienia]

Hi,

> > I was the one trying to implement multi-threaded branch [1].  With all due
> > respect, I doubt it is doable without good knowledge how the engine is
> > implemented internally.  E.g. you need to synchronize or split to one per
> > thread several caches that exist etc.  The branch never reached working
> > state as I abandoned it, as far as I remember after unpromising timing
> > results.
> > 
> > [1] cvs -d:pserver:address@hidden:/sources/gnugo -r multi-board co gnugo
> 
> See the list archives around April 2005.
> 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnugo-devel/2005-04/

That's too bad. :-( Multi-threading would be a great enhancement for GNU
go. I suppose I'll have to find something else for the students. Any
ideas for alternatives will be appreciated a lot.

Are there any plans to reconsider that decision, given the fact that the
two major chip producers will stop producing single-core processors this
year? As Darren pointed out:

> the future is multi-core not higher clock speeds. Unfortunately.

- Chris