Author: Charles L. Williams
Date: 15:46:56 05/13/99
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On May 12, 1999 at 01:24:40, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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? I wouldn't pay 200 bucks it. I can understand a grandmaster buying it, or people who like to play the programs against each other. Maybe somebody who wants to see Crafty get whooped. But for people like me, who like to play chess against computers, what's the point? I can't beat Crafty, and it's free. This DB chip is really going into niche territory. The person who wants to buy his kid a chess program for Christmas isn't going to want it. Where's the market? Chuck
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