This graph shows the real time taken to generate state spaces up to k = 9 using 1, 2, 4, 8 and 12 200MHz UltraSparc processors (each with 256MB RAM) on the Fujitsu AP3000 parallel computer. Click here for a graph showing the corresponding speedup. The advantages of using mulitple processors is clear - while one processor generates the k = 9 state space (11 058 190 states) in 45 minutes, 12 processors require just 296 seconds.

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