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Subject: Re: What Would it take to Hardware-ize Crafty?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:43:20 02/17/04

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On February 17, 2004 at 18:14:28, Bob Durrett wrote:

>On February 17, 2004 at 17:47:56, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>About $50,000 and 2 years.
>
>It might be worth it!  think marketing!

In two years, the 20M NPS that crafty can now do in software will be 80M NPS.
In two more years, the 80M NPS will be 320M NPS (faster than Deep Blue).
In two more years, the 320M NPS will be 1.3B NPS (absurdly fast).

How would anyone ever get their money back?

Keep in mind that Dr. Hyatt's program (which smashed all comers in the last
CCT-6 contest) was not present at Paderborn in all its resplendent glory.

With an 8-way box running at full tilt, I expect that the sofware crafty is
already more than a match for Hydra.




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