Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 14:21:53 08/26/01
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On August 26, 2001 at 15:28:17, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On August 26, 2001 at 12:28:12, Peter Kappler wrote: > >>On August 26, 2001 at 10:21:55, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>On August 26, 2001 at 08:19:21, David Blackman wrote: >>> >>>>Keep in mind there was a series of machines. ChipTest -> Deep Thought -> Deep >>>>Thought 2 -> Deep Blue -> Deeper Blue. They were similar in some ways, very >>>>different in others. It was Deeper Blue that finally beat Kasparov. >>>> >>>>Deeper Blue was significantly faster than Fritz running on any platform they are >>>>likely to have this year. >>> >>>I would seriously doubt that Deeper Blue would be faster than Deep Fritz is. >> >> >>DB searched 200 million nodes per second. So the one thing that *is* completely >>clear is that DB had a ridiculous speed advantage. >> >> >>>only way to know this for certain would be, if we have a version of Deeper Blue >>>converted to run on regular P.C. Now the key factor is not just speed, but if >>>we are going to compare programs alone; Deep Fritz, Deep Junior, Chess Tiger or >>>Shredder have more Chess Knowledge than Deeper Blue. >>> >>>Pichard. >> >> >>DB can't be converted to run on a PC? It is not just a piece of software that >>can be compiled for a different platform. This has been discussed here a >>million times. Check the archives - you'll find hundreds of threads. >> >> >>-Peter > > >If this was 1991 when Schroeder Chess Machine was around, you probably would be >saying that the codes could not be converted for P.C. but Schroeder did and >developed his first P.C. chess program Mephisto Gideon. > Not a particularly good analogy. I suggest you spend some time reading about the architecture of Deep Blue. -Peter
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