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Subject: Re: Software Chess soon the thing of the Past.

Author: Rex

Date: 11:58:52 08/17/03

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On August 17, 2003 at 10:03:26, Bob Durrett wrote:

>On August 17, 2003 at 09:52:18, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On August 17, 2003 at 09:32:19, Rex wrote:
>>
>>>With Brutus becoming more and more exciting to watch with its strength and
>>>development will software chess like we know it today become the thing of the
>>>past?
>>>
>>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=221
>>
>>No
>>
>>I see no evidence that brutus is better than the top software.
>>
>>Other programs already did similiar performance against humans.
>>
>>Hardware for chess also does not worth much because the hardware is static when
>>a software becomes better when you buy a new hardware.
>>
>
>Sorry, Uri, but that sounds too much like wishful thinking to me.  : )
>The handwriting is on the wall!!!  It is not the current performance that
>matters, but is the potential or promise of this new approach which should get
>our attention and debate, IMHO.
>
>Bob D.
>>Uri

Yes this was something I have also agree on.  Its not about how strong or good
Brutus is now.  But the promise of this new approach far excels chess software.
The opening book, ALL EGTB, HUGE amounts of chess theory, the largest chess
database for play reference---All of this NOT on software but inside a chips
hardware is something very striking to me.

You can see it occuring now in the computer hardware market.  Hard drives will
soon be the thing of the past with the info stored on the motherboards memory
chips.  Ram will soon be all integrated on the CPU.  Software will just be
integrated on the motherboards chipsets..ie firmware.  It will and is going to
happen.  Just glad to see computer chess is moving in the hardware and not
software direction.




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