Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 09:54:52 08/17/03
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On August 17, 2003 at 11:36:13, Peter Stayne wrote: >I think it's constructive to look at who's got more resources behind the >development of the hardware in question: Intel or AMD vs. FPGA board makers. >Intel and AMD have FAR more resources at hand to keep their chips running far >faster at running chess software than a specialty board could run its hardware >version. > >Brutus is an interesting approach, but it's performance will lag compared with >the top software engines. > >>Sorry, Uri, but that sounds too much like wishful thinking to me. : ) >>The handwriting is on the wall!!! It is not the current performance that >>matters, but is the potential or promise of this new approach which should get >>our attention and debate, IMHO. >> >>Bob D. >>>Uri Yes, except that AMD and Intel couldn't care less about how fast their chips run chess software: they want their chips to be fast at server applications and multimedia.
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