Author: Robert Henry Durrett
Date: 07:36:42 06/29/02
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On June 29, 2002 at 02:43:02, Adam Oellermann wrote: >On June 28, 2002 at 19:29:38, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: > >>DEFINITION: Apologetic SPAM: >> >>All discussions of spam [a canned version of ham?] and a variety of associated >>apologies. >> >>_ _ _ _ _ _ >> >>These fall into a normal distribution where the independent variable is time. >> >>Or is it a different statistical distribution? An "abnormal" distribution? >> >>Are there any spamish computer chess statisticians here? >> >>:) :( :) :( :) :( :) :( :) :( :) :( >> >>_ _ _ _ _ _ >> >> >>Bob D. >> >> >>P.S. Back on the topic of computer chess: >> >>I am curious. What is the next step up from a PC for chess engines? >> >>Are we talking $15,000? $30,000? Or what? Surely not a super computer! >> >>How much chess for the buck? Is the PC the ultimate? > >Not even close. There was a brief discussion here about an IBM system running >dual Power4s for about $15000 which would, judgine from benchmarks, have a >significant advantage over PCs. Another $11000-odd allows you to upgrade it to 8 >Power4 CPUs; together with plenty of cache and lots of RAM, this would leave a >PC without chances. Of course, you can keep going if you have money - there are >32-way versions etc... and if you have *real* money, you could start thinking >about supercomputers, but would probably have to develop a "special" chess >engine to take full advantage. I want to see some dollar figures here. As soon as I get rich, I plan to purchase one. Bob D.
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