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MateTech performs an [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta search]] with [[Quiescence Search|quiescence]] and [[Iterative Deepening|iterative deepening]] with [[Aspiration Windows|aspiration windows]] , using a [[Transposition Table|transposition table]] with [[Zobrist Hashing|Zobrist hashing]].
The pure [[Material|material]] based rudimentary [[Evaluation|evaluation]] of Tech 3 was extended by a strategic component <ref>[[Alexander Szabo]], [[Barbara Szabo]] ('''1988'''). ''The Technology Curve Revisited''. [[ICGA Journal#11_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, No. 1]]</ref>.
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=The Technology Curve=
As published in their 1988 [[ICGA Journal|ICCA Journal]] paper <ref>[[Alexander Szabo]], [[Barbara Szabo]] ('''1988'''). ''The Technology Curve Revisited''. [[ICGA Journal#11_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, No. 1]]</ref>, Alex and Barbara Szabo revisited the '''Technology Curve''' by playing 6882 games between copies of TechMate set at different time rates, with the conclusion that the advantage of improved technology rapidly decreases when machines and algorithms become more powerful. [[Ernst A. Heinz]] in his self-play memo on the experiment of the Szabos <ref>[[Ernst A. Heinz]] ('''2000'''). ''A New Self-Play Experiment in Computer Chess''. [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], Laboratory of Computer Science, Technical Memo No. 608, [http://supertech.lcs.mit.edu/~heinz/ps/new_exp.ps.gz zipped ps], [http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/mit/lcs/tm/MIT-LCS-TM-608.pdf pdf]</ref>:
