Author: Slater Wold
Date: 20:54:37 06/17/02
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On June 17, 2002 at 20:13:26, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: > >I recently contacted Chessbase [info@chessbase.com] and received an email >response saying that they will soon provide the information I requested, and >more, about the computer. It will appear on their Chessbase News webpage. > >In the meantime, it's not too late to speculate! > >While discussing the computer [for the Kramnik match] with my son, who is here >at my house for a visit, he noted that "there are plenty of 64-bit 64-processor >computers running under UNIX." When pressed for details, he could not give me >any because he does not use such "beasts" in his job. Maybe someone here is >more familiar with this? > >The commercial version of Fritz runs on PCs that have Windows operating systems >simply because the customers want to put Fritz on their home PCs, which run >under Windows. > >But is there any reason, or LAW, that says that the computer they will use for >the Kramnik match cannot run under UNIX? > >Essentially the same situation applies for word length. The Fritz customers >have 32-bit computers, so Fritz is designed to run on those 32-bit computers. > >But is there any reason, or LAW, that says that the computer they will use for >the Kramnik match cannot be a 64-bit computer? i.e. have a 64-bit deep fritz >running under UNIX? > >If so, do any of the "UNIX-types" here at ICD/CCC know how fast the processors >could be in that case? Which processors would they use? > >What do you think? Is an 8-processor 64-bit computer running under UNIX a >possibility for the Deep Fritz versus Kramnik October 2002 match? > >Bob D. I agree with Dann. There's not a snowflakes chance in hell Chessbase would be stupid enough to go against Kramnik on a Linux computer. (Which does have a 64-bit OS.) Why? Simple! If they decided "Hey! We can get some serious speedups using this 64 CPU with Linux! We'd have a better chance at winning!" then not ONLY do they have to sell Fritz, they also have to sell Linux. Linux is a damn fine OS. There is absolutly nothing at all wrong with it. But it is *FAR* from the standard OS of the common computer user. Also, 64 bit CPUs are NOT common. Most people don't have $2k to go spend on a PC, let alone a single CPU. Besides, a computer running dual, quad, i2 Pentium CPUs is NOT a PC. It's a super-computer. I believe the goal at hand, is beating Kramnik with a computer that most people can at least "relate" to. I can "relate" to an 8-way Xeon. I cannot "relate" to an 8-way i2 box. They want people to see this computer, (no matter what it may be) running the same OS that they use everyday, beat this Super-GM. They don't want people saying, "Sure, it won. But what the hell is Linux?!"
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