Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:37:20 10/24/02
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On October 24, 2002 at 13:51:48, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Dear Bob: >After reading Behind Deep Blue I wondered whether could'n you create kind of a >Crafty in hardware as the guy made with DT. He say the hardware is now lot more >accesible and I am sure you could create a good, awful piece of chess iron. A >card faster than what a software program can be with even a fast PC. >Just a thought... >Fernando It is obviously possible. But it is not something I am interested in doing because it requires a huge amount of effort. It is easier to be lazy, knowing that in 10 years, the common microprocessor will be as fast as special-purpose hardware designed and built today. And all I have to do is wait. :)
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