Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 10:16:31 06/06/02
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On June 06, 2002 at 13:08:26, Geo Disher wrote: >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 and the opposite here : http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?IR=N&ClassID=100&datePublish=2002/06/05&pages=01&seq=1
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