Author: Slater Wold
Date: 10:29:12 10/16/02
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On October 16, 2002 at 12:30:16, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >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? Yes. >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. Well, of course. But it's not really fair to call DB vaporware. It played longer than Sjeng has. It just doesn't play today. >-- >GCP
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