Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:31:43 05/24/99
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On May 24, 1999 at 01:43:10, Chris Anderson wrote: >On May 23, 1999 at 22:44:04, Roger D Davis wrote: > >>It's only one game, certainly, but it doesn't really look like Rebel had much >>understanding of the game from the time it left book (other's appraisals, not >>mine), and Rebel's lose supports the argument that the micros have their own >>weaknesses, and aren't yet a real match for GM players. >> >>So where does that leave previous opinions about a DB board for the desktop? >>We'll have to see what the next months of Rebel-GM games hold, but the market >>for a DB chip is starting to look better and better. >> >>If Rebel consistently loses to the GMs, doesn't this just set the market up for >>the entry of Hsu? >> >>Roger > > Well, is it generally accepted that Hsu's program is as good or better than >the top commercial programs? In other words who's to say that Hiarcs 7.0 on >comparable hardware wouldn't beat DB in a match? It is my understanding that >DB's strength is largely owed to tremendous paralell processing power that >enabled it to calculate up to 200,000,000 pos/sec. > > Chris Anderson Correct.. but this includes the hardware evaluation that allowed them to do anything in it they wanted and ignore the cost, completely...
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