Author: Geo Disher
Date: 10:08:26 06/06/02
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On June 06, 2002 at 12:15:53, Aaron Gordon wrote: >I'm contacting Chessbase reguarding the system they are using. Xeons are >definitely not the best setup for a match such as this. I'm seeing at the moment >about having AMD sponsor a multi-cpu Sledgehammer machine for the event. If >Chessbase accepts Frans should be able to get his hands on a dual Sledgehammer >rather soon to start his work on porting over a full blown 64bit version. It can >run the current Fritz 7 (32bit) without problems if need be though. Really >looking forward to this. Hopefully Chessbase accepts. AMD should agree as long >as there are mature/stable dual/quad boards available at the time of the match. >The publicity should be quite good for both AMD and Chessbase as well as provide >Kramnik with a tougher opponent. Will keep anyone interested on this matter >posted on the situation. If the sledgehammer and Clawhammer are the same you might want to see the following article. http://www.theinquirer.net/06060203.htm
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