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Subject: Re: How will engines get much better?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 12:43:16 06/10/99

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On June 10, 1999 at 15:24:02, Michael Fuhrmann wrote:

>Can today's best chess engines become significantly more powerful through
>software improvements alone, or have we reached the point where hardware
>improvements are necessary to make that next BIG step?
I don't think this kind of question can be answered reliably.  You can't prove
the negative:
"No one will ever invent a revolutionary new algorithm for chess calculations"
It may or may not be invented.

Who knows if even Hsu's chips are the ultimate in hardware technology.  Perhaps
a billion neuron chip will be written for AI which can be combined with standard
CPU technology *and* Hsu's chips.  Who knows.  Trying to project the future is
not very accurate where man is concerned.

IMO-YMMV.




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