Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 09:30:16 10/16/02
Go up one level in this thread
On October 16, 2002 at 11:40:35, Slater Wold wrote: >On October 16, 2002 at 11:28:34, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On October 16, 2002 at 11:03:33, emerson tan wrote: >> >>>If the cost is not that high maybe Hsu should make ala chessmachine that can be >>>plug into computers (assuming that he has no legal obligation from ibm) The >>>desktop pc is a long way from hiting 1billion nodes/sec. I think most of the >>>professional chessplayers and serious chess hobbyist will buy. He can easily >get 1 million orders. 1 billion nodes/sec, mmm....:) >> >>I would keep my eyes open at Brutus. Got 3Mnps with an extensive evaluation >>in a 25 (or 33?) Mhz package. And it's still in development. >> >>Has already proven it's strength at the World Championships (contrary to..), >>is new technology, and made by the team of Donninger and Kure. >> >>If this ever goes into a fast chipversion, I'd fear it much more than I'd fear >>Hsu's thing. >> >>-- >>GCP > >Comparing FPGAs to what DB was is just wrong. I'll be the first to admit few technical knowledge in this area, but isn't it (relatively!) easy to convert the logic to a chip once you've got it running in a FPGA? Moreover, the FPGA and Brutus are here and playing. I know, because they beat me :) This is why I fear them much more than I do a vaporware DB chip. -- GCP
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.