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Subject: Re: To Bob Hyat

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 13:26:56 10/24/02

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On October 24, 2002 at 14:37:20, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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.  :)

As are FPGAs.  :)



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