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Subject: Re: DB Chip will kill all comercial programs or.....

Author: blass uri

Date: 18:30:28 05/13/99

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On May 13, 1999 at 15:47:06, Torstein Hall wrote:

>On May 13, 1999 at 11:52:16, blass uri wrote:
>
>>
>>On May 13, 1999 at 09:10:05, Torstein Hall wrote:
>>
>>>I think a DB chip will kill all the Fritzes, Rebels, Nimzos, Juniors and Hiarcs
>>>of this world. What is the point in developing, or buying, something that is a
>>>lot weaker than the "Micro Monster" :-)
>>
>>I am not sure about it.
>>
>>Maybe it can push them to improve their program so they can compete and win deep
>>blue.
>>I do not believe hardware is the only important thing.
>>
>>We know that most of the lines that all programs search(including deep blue) are
>>illogical lines.
>>I believe that it is possible to improve programs significantly by defining good
>>rules what not to search.
>>
>>Uri
>
>I agree in that its certainly possible to improve the current state of the art
>commercial chess programs, but this hardware advantage is just to great.
>Is it not in the range 100 faster than Crafty at 4 cpu's?

I believe that programs are so stupid that it is possible to do them 1000 times
faster by prunning of illogical lines(at longer time control it can be more than
1000 times faster).

Uri




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