Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 12:51:10 08/17/03
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On August 17, 2003 at 14:58:52, Rex wrote: >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. Read that 10 minutes ago and I am still shaking the head. Michael
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