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Subject: Re: Will Shredder and Junior or Fritz on the Hydra Hardware do much bett

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:34:04 08/25/04

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On August 25, 2004 at 08:00:06, Madhavan wrote:

>On August 25, 2004 at 07:39:02, Vikrant Malvankar wrote:
>
>>I want to know whether Shredder, Junior , Fritz on Hydra hardware with FPGA
>>chips can do much better than current multiprocessors. And also if Deep Junior
>>and Deep Fritz on lesser Hardware able to draw Kasparov and Kramnik then on
>>Hydra hardware will they be crushed convincingly by the same engines ?
>>
>>Any opinions
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Vikrant
>
>Anand would easily crush Hydra,forget Kasparov or Kramnik
>even crafty on faster hardware[8x2.4GHZ] would beat Hydra assuming both program
>play Nunn opening
>just pop on to ICC,and let Hydra play 'crafty'(hyatt's)

I have no data to support that.  I have played the older version on ICC several
times, and I suspect my quad opteron would give _that_ version (I forget the
handle they used back then) fits.  But without knowing or having seen the
current thing at all, I wouldn't bet anything on winning or losing.  Be safer to
flip a coin and call "edge" rather than heads or tails.  Too little information.

A gut feeling is that it is _very_ strong however.  Shredder is _never_ an easy
program to beat, even with a hardware advantage.  Hydra may be a real killer
box.  We have had 'em in the past.  Belle.  Deep Thought.  Deep Blue.  HiTech.
Etc..





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