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Subject: Re: How will engines get much better?

Author: William Bryant

Date: 14:46:09 06/11/99

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On June 11, 1999 at 17:42:53, William Bryant wrote:

>I think, however, when Hsu brings his chips to market, this will be a __Big__
>jump in computer chess.  Although hardware evaluations have been around for some
>time ( since Belle ?), they have not be available to the masses, and not at the
>performance level he describes.  I do think this will qualify, as a __Big__ leap
>in performance.
>
>
>My $0.02.
>
>BTW, since IBM is partners in the PPC chip, how about makeing them available for
>PPC PCI based systems (_first_).  I'd love to put deep blue in my Mac. :)
>
>William
>wbryant@ix.netcom.com

Sorry,
  The thread was on _software_ improvements.  I do think, however, that the
chess chips will greatly overshadow any enhancements that can be made in
software.

William
wbryant@ix.netcom.com







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