cool, that's what i was wondering -- that you'd have to treat it as something inbetween ram and a HD.
thanks, s. On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Michael Williams <michaelwilliam...@gmail.com> wrote: > It depends on how you use it and how much you pay for it. If you get a > high-end Intel SSD, you can treat it however you like. But I can't afford > that. I got a cheap SSD and so I had shape my algorithm around which kind > of disk operations it likes and which ones it doesn't. > > > steve uurtamo wrote: >> >> is the ssd fast enough to be practical? >> >> s. >> >> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Michael Williams >> <michaelwilliam...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Don Dailey wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Michael Williams >>>> <michaelwilliam...@gmail.com <mailto:michaelwilliam...@gmail.com>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have a trick ;) >>>> >>>> I am currently creating MCTS trees of over a billion nodes on my 4GB >>>> machine. >>>> >>>> >>>> Ok, I'll bite. What is your solution? >>> >>> I use an SSD. There are many details, of course. But it's still in the >>> works and I'm still making lots of changes and adjustments. I seem to be >>> able to "solve" (there are lots of definitions) 6x6 Go in that when I use >>> a >>> komi of 3.5, it is unable to find a winning line for white and when I use >>> 4.5, it is unable to find a winning line for black. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> computer-go mailing list >>> computer-go@computer-go.org >>> http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> computer-go mailing list >> computer-go@computer-go.org >> http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
