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Subject: Software based - hardware based

Author: Robert Hollay

Date: 03:45:23 09/02/05

 In some earlier threads we can read: Hydra has a "hardware based" chess
program,
the other chess programs are "software based".
Can somebody explain (in easy to understand way) what are the main differences?
AFAIK each computer consists of hardware and software. Hydra must have a good
software to play such a strong chess, the brute hardware alone is not enough...
 If another chess program runs on 8 processors, why that program is not
"hardware
based"?
 Why is Hydra so different from other chess computers?

TIA, Robert

• Re: Software based - hardware based Dann Corbit 07:01:38 09/02/05
• What is Hydra ? vladan 05:59:26 09/02/05
  • Re: What is Hydra ? Igor Gorelikov 06:32:02 09/02/05
• Re: Software based - hardware based David Mitchell 04:56:07 09/02/05
• Re: Software based - hardware based Uri Blass 03:55:12 09/02/05

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