Saturday, February 12, 2011

What Programming Language to Learn (Next)

An interesting flowchart that shows the way!

Source: http://www.streamhead.com/what-programming-language-to-learn-next

Monday, January 24, 2011

TCEC-division 1

Result of division 1:
1- Houdini 1.5        24    Points
2- Rybka 4.0          23    Points
3- Stockfish 2.0.1   20    Points

Houdini is number 1 without a lost.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Samsung announces first DDR4 DRAM module

The first DDR4 DRAM module offers twice the performance of today's DDR3 DRAM and reduces power consumption when used in a notebook by 40%.
for more information:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9203178/Samsung_announces_first_DDR4_DRAM_module

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Houdini 1.5

After version 1.03a this is the next version.
I think that Configurable Contempt is an important option. as you can see in IPON rating list, it has shown good Elo improvement.
Home: http://www.cruxis.com/chess/houdini.htm

Friday, November 19, 2010

Strongest chess engine at last!

I think that we won't need other testings, a least for sometime!
As you see in TCEC's Match 6, Rybka 4 proved that it (or she!) is the strongest chess engine in long games (real games) clearly.
Last result after 32 games is:
Nr  Engine                   Pts     SB            
1 Rybka 4 64-bit 6CPU        17.5    253.7500
2 Ivanhoe B50tA 64-bit 6CPU  14.5    253.7500
Source:
http://www.tcec-chess.org/
Thanks to Martin Thoresen for these matches.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Rybka 4 vs IvanHoe 9.50b

Results after 51 games:
CPU: AMD 3800+ 2 Cpu (Again)
Blitz:5'
Rybka 3Gen book
Rybka 4 doesn't use large pages.
319 MB Hash size
1   IvanHoe 9.50b w32   +13/-9/=29 53.92%   27.5/51
2   Deep Rybka 4 w32    +9/-13/=29 46.08%   23.5/51
+27 Elo for IvanHoe 9.50b

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Will Netflix Destroy the Internet?


According to Sandvine, a network management company that studies Internet traffic patterns, 10 percent of Canadian Internet users visited Netflix.com in the week after the service launched. And they weren't just visiting—they were signing up and watching a lot of movies. Netflix videos quickly came to dominate broadband lines across Canada, with Netflix subscribers' bandwidth usage doubling that of YouTube users.


for more information: http://www.slate.com/id/2273314?nav=wp