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Subject: Re: What is Chinook

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 03:43:13 07/02/00

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On July 01, 2000 at 18:37:09, Rajen Gupta wrote:

>What is chinook-is it a hardware-software combination like deep blue is(was!)and
>if so what is the hardware configuration-can the manufacturers not programme
>this entity to play chess?
>
>if it is purely software, running on the std Pcs then thats a pretty impressive
>achievement
>
>rajen

I'd guess (but I don't know) that the hardware that it was using in 1994 was
probably no faster than today's PCs.  There was no custom hardware, like their
was chess chips in Deep Blue.  It was just running on a really fast SGI (in 1994
terms, of course).

Dave



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