Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 09:15:33 01/20/00
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On January 20, 2000 at 11:05:53, stuart taylor wrote: >On January 20, 2000 at 09:13:33, Chris Carson wrote: > >>Date Event Player FIDE Program HW PS TPR Opp Avg >>Feb-96 DB-GK Kasparov 2795 IBM DB ASIC 1 2670 2795 >>Feb-96 DB-GK Kasparov 2795 IBM DB ASIC 0 2670 2795 >>Feb-96 DB-GK Kasparov 2795 IBM DB ASIC 0.5 2670 2795 >>Feb-96 DB-GK Kasparov 2795 IBM DB ASIC 0.5 2670 2795 >>Feb-96 DB-GK Kasparov 2795 IBM DB ASIC 0 2670 2795 >>Feb-96 DB-GK Kasparov 2795 IBM DB ASIC 0 2670 2795 >>May-97 DBII-GK Kasparov 2815 IBM DBII ASIC 0 2872 2815 >>May-97 DBII-GK Kasparov 2815 IBM DBII ASIC 1 2872 2815 >>May-97 DBII-GK Kasparov 2815 IBM DBII ASIC 0.5 2872 2815 >>May-97 DBII-GK Kasparov 2815 IBM DBII ASIC 0.5 2872 2815 >>May-97 DBII-GK Kasparov 2815 IBM DBII ASIC 0.5 2872 2815 >>May-97 DBII-GK Kasparov 2815 IBM DBII ASIC 1 2872 2815 >> >>Total 5.5/12, TPR (12 games)=2771, Opp. Avg (12 games)=2805 >> >>ASIC - Application Specific Integrated Circuit >> >>Kasparov won the first match, DB won the second. Kasparov won the >>most points from both matches. Doubling the speed of DB coninued to >>improve the performance (even at this level, yes I know some program >>improvements were also made, I do not discount that). Kasparov wanted a >>rematch with IBM DBII. Kasparov now has a rating of 2851. It would >>be interesting to see a rematch between Kasparov and IBM DBII (not some >>mythical dream machine). >> >>Any opinions on who would win Kasparov vs IBM DBII. The logs are out and >>Kasparov has experience with the machine. :) >> >>IMHO: Kasparov wins (+2, =4, 0). :) I agree - with that exact score, too. But it's all a dream, because I can't see any scenario where IBM would risk a rematch. >> >>How about IBM DBII vs the top 5 SSDF programs on fastest machines in >>a tournamet (multi-processors allowed)? >> >>IMHO: IBM DBII ties for first (+2, =3, 0). :) >> I'd expect DB2 to win, but I think it would be closer than people expect. It certainly wouldn't blow the micros off the board. --Peter
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