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Subject: Re: It's not DB2 vs. All other CC programs - it would be DB3

Author: David Dory

Date: 04:06:49 10/17/02

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On October 17, 2002 at 06:54:58, Uri Blass wrote:

>On October 17, 2002 at 06:43:02, David Dory wrote:
>
>>I think Hsu's claims regarding DB's prowess comes from what I perceive Hsu's
>>logic to be, namely:
>>
>>If you build a system that is one or more orders of magnitude faster in
>>hardware; then building a world champ chess program is just a matter of time,
>>money and work.
>
>So what?
>
>I also believe that top chess programs could be 100 elo better if a sponsor
>decide to give 10M$ for the world computer champion and 5M$ for the second place
>in every year.
>
>In that case I expect better programmers to devote time to chess programming.
>
>What Hsu can do is not relevant because I do not expect him to do it.
>
>Uri

You missed my point, Uri. What Hsu did was build a platform in hardware and
software that could be updated and still outperform anything else, today.

Only Brutus and a very few others have made a promising stab at creating such a
potent combination.

Hardware + software, done well, will always be better than software alone in CC.
(No, I'm not saying it will win every game, but if the software is equal, the
hardware will carry the day. The price tag will be more, of cour$e.)

David



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