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Subject: Re: Thesis by Marc Boule

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 10:21:49 09/08/02

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On September 07, 2002 at 20:02:29, Marc Boulé wrote:

Are you in verilog at FPGA?

Any previous experiences in verilog and the donated board,
how many gates to you have at your disposal?

Best regards,
Vincent

>>Well, when we first started talking I was actually on vacation.  So a lot of the
>>initial discussion between you and Keith I was unable to join on in.
>>
>>You and Keith have a huge lead on me, in that you both do this everyday.  So I
>>have spent most of the last 6 months trying to learn HDL and various aspects of
>>hardware design.  Everytime I learn something new, I have a new question for
>>you.  I have gathered quite a few over the last 6 months.  However, I have
>>answered a lot of my own questions just by learning more and more.  Also, your
>>thesis (which is great btw) has answered quite a few of them too.
>>
>>I just didn't want to "bother" you, because unlike Keith I didn't have anything
>>to help your thesis, only questions about HDL and the like.
>>
>>
>>By the way, what are you planning to do with MBChess?  Are you going to continue
>>to develop it, or is this a project your done with?  Did you have to give the
>>FPGA back, or do you still have it?  Any plans on this front?
>
>MBChess is going on the shelf for the next 3 years as I am attempting a PhD in a
>slightly different field (hardware-accelerated automated theorem proving).
>
>The FPGA was donated by Xilinx so I can keep it and my professor paid for the
>board, which I will also keep. The board will next be used in the initial tests
>for my doctoral project.
>
>Marc Boulé



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