Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 06:29:42 02/14/04
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On February 13, 2004 at 23:22:44, Chessfun wrote: >On February 13, 2004 at 23:06:02, Luis Smith wrote: > >>>I know from talking to Erdogan Günes who operates "Hydra" at Playchess that he >>>has recently signed up here and will likely post about Hydra as it develops. >>> >>>Sarah. >> >>Erdo (his handle on playchess) seems to be a popular beta testers amongst >>Chessbase programmers. > >Erdo has been a CB beta tester for a long period and would like all other beta >testers receive CB program copies in advance to test. Erdo does some of his >testing on Playchess, while others maybe run autoplayer games and test suites. > >> I saw that in his profile he was operating Hydra on >>Playchess with an P4 3.06 x 8 with 8 of those FPGA cards. > >Apparently while it may have said that, only 4 were running. > >>If the Hydra project is successful what would be the asking price for one of >>those chips? Anyone have any estimates? Would it even be sold commercially? > >My guess would be if it wins Paderborn and then maybe a couple of other computer >tournaments, they would seek a match with either Kasparov or Kramnik. Next guess >after that sell them commercially, last guess $600 per card. > >Sarah. $600? No big deal. Petty cash for Sarah! : ) Sarah, did you get that new computer yet? Bob D.
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