Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 22:24:40 05/11/99
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On May 11, 1999 at 23:40:55, James B. Shearer wrote: >On May 11, 1999 at 18:28:53, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>It will take him some time to (a) fab the newer DB chip, design the PCI >>interface, (b) modify the current DB software part to work with the new PCI >>hardware and on a pc platform, (c) do whatever else is needed to provide a >>commercial-quality product interface. > > And who is going to pay for all this? I think it is unlikely that any >such product will ever see the light of day. > James B. Shearer easy.... _you_ are going to pay... along with everyone else that wants to pay 200 bucks (Hsu's estimate last time we talked a couple of years ago) to have the absolute strongest thing available. IE I guess I don't quite understand your question. Did you read IEEE Micro? Hsu didn't say "I might do this". He said "I have a start-up company that is _going_ to market this." I'd say that is pretty "solid" in terms of likely/unlikely. Is there anyone here that _wouldn't_ pay 200 bucks for a machine that can _really_ beat most GM players at any time control, ie something actually faster and stronger than DB Junior, whic did very well against GM players?
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