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Subject: Re: A "Chess Chip"?

Author: Robert Henry Durrett

Date: 12:01:26 06/20/02

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On June 20, 2002 at 15:00:50, Robert Henry Durrett wrote:

>On June 20, 2002 at 14:44:46, Osorio Meirelles wrote:
>
>>
>>  How much more speed could we have than a PC chip, if there was a
>>  hardware specifically designed to play chess ?
>>
>>  Wouldn't this make an extreemly powerfull dedicated machine ?
>>
>>  How much does it cost do develop such a Chip ?
>
>The cost of development of any device comparable to a modern microprocessor
>"chip" would be the same as the cost of the microprocessor [to the first order
>of magnitude].
>
>But the market would be much much smaller, so the cost per customer would be
>very high.
>
>We need to get someone like Bill Gates hooked on chess!  Then he might develop
>the "chess chip" for free!
>
>Bob D.



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