Author: Sergei Smith
Date: 03:21:13 11/14/01
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On November 13, 2001 at 15:34:04, Dann Corbit wrote: >On November 13, 2001 at 15:11:17, Sergei Smith wrote: > >>>Do you think it will ever be possible in the distant future to have tablebases >>>with 7 pieces , 8 pieces , ... ? >> >>>Almost certainly. we are only a few years from a terrabyte disk. In another >>>20 years this will be multiplied by 1000 again. That will take us thru the >>>7's. The 8's will need another 20 years maybe. Beyond that, it would be >>>impossible to predict... >> >>Will it eventually be possible with such disks that some of the games will run >>from the opening book straight into the tablebases without the engine coming >>into play ? >>In Japan they now do research into a new type of CPU using laser crystal lattice >>technology or something like that ? > >A friend of mine has a patent (#5,958,541) which can conservatively encode a >terabit on a square centimeter. All of the data can be read back in parallel at >once, using CCD's. > >A square meter of that stuff could hold some interesting tablebase files, I >think. You've got to be kidding. A square meter ! Whatever next ?
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