Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:40:03 07/20/00
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On July 20, 2000 at 15:00:45, Chris Carson wrote: >On July 20, 2000 at 14:50:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On July 20, 2000 at 14:26:16, Chris Carson wrote: >> >>>On July 20, 2000 at 13:03:42, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>2 years ago a single DB chip played several matches with top commercial >>>>programs. This DB chip was running at 1/10th of its normal speed, and yet >>>>it won 36 out of 40 games. This has been reported several times here on CCC, >>>>by several that have heard Hsu and Campbell give talks about the DB hardware. >>>> >>>>If it could win 90% of the games running at 1/10th the normal speed for one >>>>chip, what does 480 chips at full speed get (hint: 4,800 times faster). Would >>>>you think it might have a pretty easy time with today's programs? quads or >>>>8-way boxes as you want? >>>> >>> >>>Games against P90 machines. What were the program versions? what were >>>the settings? Who was the operator? Which book was used? Where are >>>the games for inspection? Did the DB team get permission to perform >>>this tournament and permission to report results? Were you there? >> >>I was there. The program authors were there. That was a requirement for the >>ACM events. We all sat across the board from each other. Marty. Ed. Richard. >>Hsu. Myself. anybody else you would care to name... >> > >ACM?? This was not an ACM event?? This was in HSU lab at IBM. >You were talking about the DB single chip event and then switched >to an ACM event. Is that your problem? > >Read before you write. > >Best Regards, >Chris Carson I give up. I talked about dominance from 1988 thru 1995. I mentioned the 40 game match. For the "dominance" period the program authors were _there_. For the 40 game match, they weren't as we all know. So why switch the direction into something we _know_ didn't happen? I assume basic debating competency, and would not think you would be discussing the 40 game match when talking about authors. It is common knowledge _that_ match happened in their lab. BTW I would _assume_ they could run the programs reasonably well. I _know_ I could...
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