Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 06:22:27 12/09/02
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On December 09, 2002 at 09:10:16, Uri Blass wrote: >On December 09, 2002 at 08:33:39, Bob Durrett wrote: > >>On December 09, 2002 at 06:47:24, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >> >>>Why last hope? We should be aware of the fact that improvements can/will only be >>>(very) small and average chess people will even not be able to notice. >>>Kurt >>> >>>http://www.beepworld.de/members39/utzinger >> >>So, is it reasonable to infer that chess engines have come to a dead end, where >>the only significant improvements will come from hardware improvements? >> >>Bob D. > >I think that you need to wait some years for it to happen. >Chess engines are not close to their real potential. > >Uri Well, that makes me feel better. : ) Could you say WHY you believe that chess engines are not close to their real potential? What sort of improvements, not resulting from hardware improvements, do you anticipate? Incidentally, hardware improvements, other than speedup, surely will occur. [New architectures, etc.] Maybe these hardware improvements will enable/require new ways to write the software, resulting in software breakthroughs. I am thinking especially about added complexity in processor internal architectures, new motherboard concepts, and multiprocessor architectures. Naturally, hardware that is too expensive need not be considered. Only Vincent and Bob Hyatt can afford the expensive computers. But the real question is about the software and not the hardware. Bob D.
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