Tag: hpc
CozyCL: a comfortable OpenCL library
CozyCL is a very simple, minimalist OpenCL library. You can run programs on your graphics card pretty easily with it, without the need to know anything about the data types of the base libraries (at least for the host program). When I started to learn about GPU programming in the previous weeks, I found even the most handy C++ bindings pretty time-consuming for a beginner, who is mostly interested in getting positive feedback and sense of achievement after a couple of initial attempts.
When will quantity turn into quality?
Final position of the one and only Botvinnik – Fischer game (1962). Click on the image to enlarge. Analyzed the position with the 64 bit Rybka 3, and even after the depth of 39 moves it still can’t see that this is a draw. I wonder how many moves would reveal this draw for a chess program. It is really hard to estimate. The program tries every variation without repeating a position 3 times – because that means draw by the laws – and without any exchange, because that would also lead to draw in this situation, if white keeps
