Author: Sally Weltrop
Date: 13:10:32 11/24/03
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On November 24, 2003 at 15:56:28, Slater Wold wrote: >On November 24, 2003 at 15:05:53, Pete Rihaczek wrote: > >>I for one am very excited to see Brutus in the lead. This is an exciting advance >>in chess computing and FPGA computing in general. With the ability to add >>knowledge without the usual penalty, some version of this is the odds-on >>favorite to be the world's strongest chess machine. Such a system was a logical >>step after Deep Blue II had shown the advantages of computing in hardware. Can a >>Kasparov-Brutus match be far away? Well done Dr. Donninger! > >1. I just wish anyone else in the world would have made Brutus, besides Dr. D. >Chrilly is a horrible person, and it makes me a little more than reluctant to >purchase ANYTHING he puts out. I've never heard a bad thing about Chrilly? His reputation is pretty solid. To slight him I think is uncalled for. > >2. These cards, if ever made publicly available, will *probably* be around $200 >(per card). Chrilly was "talking shit", saying that when he was playing Brutus >vs Fritz/Junior/Shredder @ the Chessbase offices, he was having to give them X% >more time, just so Brutus didn't constantly crush them. Yea, then he shows up >to Graz with _8_ cards. 8x$200, you do the math on that one. Makes sense to me. If one was crushing them all then why is 8 being utilized. The more the merrier and he'll get more "juice". Vin has 500! heehee > >3. As the saying goes, 'may the best chess (and hardware) program win'. If >that's Brutus, so be it. But I gotta be honest, I wouldn't be one bit upset if >Brutus didn't win another game...
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