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Subject: Re: its possible to make 1 billion nodes/sec chip 2day- Hsu

Author: Bo Persson

Date: 14:32:51 10/16/02

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On October 16, 2002 at 11:19:47, Uri Blass wrote:

>On October 16, 2002 at 11:03:33, emerson tan wrote:
>
>>EeEk(* DM) kibitzes: kib question from Frantic: According to what was
>>published DB was evaluating 200 million positions per  second (vs  2.5
>>to 5 million for the 8-way Simmons server running Deep Fritz).  How
>>fast would be Beep Blue today if the project continued?
>>CrazyBird(DM) kibitzes: it contains a few reference at the end of the
>>book for the more technically inclined.
>>CrazyBird(DM) kibitzes: if we redo the chip in say, 0.13 micron, and
>>with a improved architecture, it should be possible to do one billion
>>nodes/sec on a single chip.
>>CrazyBird(DM) kibitzes: so a trillion nodes/sec machine is actually
>>possible today.
>>
>>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....:)
>
>There are 3 possibilities:
>
>1)Hsu is not interested in making money

If I understand it correctly, he is already having a 6 figure income from his
current employer. :-)

>
>2)Hsu does not believe that he can make money
>from a new chip

Probably hard to make significantly *more* money than he already does.


>or IBM does not allow him
>to make money from a new chip

He has the rights, but might be missing a business plan :-)

>
>3)Hsu knows that he cannot create a chip that
>is better than the top programs of today.

Profitably?

I wouldn't leave *my* day job!



Bo Persson
bop2@telia.com




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