Author: Uri Blass
Date: 03:55:12 09/02/05
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On September 02, 2005 at 06:45:23, Robert Hollay wrote: > > 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 Hydra is different from other chess programs because other chess programs do not use hardware that is designed specially for chess. The 8 processors that are used by another chess program can be used for many other tasks that are not related to chess when the hardware of hydra can be used only for chess. Uri
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