Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 01:29:48 06/18/02
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On June 17, 2002 at 20:13:26, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: > >I recently contacted Chessbase [info@chessbase.com] and received an email >response saying that they will soon provide the information I requested, and >more, about the computer. It will appear on their Chessbase News webpage. > >In the meantime, it's not too late to speculate! > >While discussing the computer [for the Kramnik match] with my son, who is here >at my house for a visit, he noted that "there are plenty of 64-bit 64-processor >computers running under UNIX." When pressed for details, he could not give me >any because he does not use such "beasts" in his job. Maybe someone here is >more familiar with this? > >The commercial version of Fritz runs on PCs that have Windows operating systems >simply because the customers want to put Fritz on their home PCs, which run >under Windows. > >But is there any reason, or LAW, that says that the computer they will use for >the Kramnik match cannot run under UNIX? > >Essentially the same situation applies for word length. The Fritz customers >have 32-bit computers, so Fritz is designed to run on those 32-bit computers. > >But is there any reason, or LAW, that says that the computer they will use for >the Kramnik match cannot be a 64-bit computer? i.e. have a 64-bit deep fritz >running under UNIX? > >If so, do any of the "UNIX-types" here at ICD/CCC know how fast the processors >could be in that case? Which processors would they use? > >What do you think? Is an 8-processor 64-bit computer running under UNIX a >possibility for the Deep Fritz versus Kramnik October 2002 match? > >Bob D. Why unix ? The chessbase team should use unix ??? there's a 64 bits windows and they work with windows for a while now ... I've seen Mathias Feist on the chessbase server about 10 days ago and ask him about the hardware for the match, he responded that there is nothing decided yet ... IMHO the delay is short now (3 month) and there's holiday in between The efficient 64 bits cpu (hammer from AMD and Itanium2 from Intel) are not out The best is to hope a big sponsorship from Amd or Intel (these new 8 ways hardware will be very expensive !!!) to get a RELIABLE computer next month (??); and if intel feels good to be the successor of DeeperBlue, why not a 32 ways Itanium2 !!??
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