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Subject: Get real....

Author: Coconuts2000

Date: 12:13:18 12/15/99

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On December 15, 1999 at 14:39:18, Greg Lindahl wrote:

>I'm interested in coordinating an effort to build the next
>world-champion chess program. FPGA technology has advanced since Deep
>Blue's construction such that replicating its architecture is now
>inexpensive. All you need is a cluster guy (me), a pile of FPGAs
>(corporate sponsor), someone who knows how to route a board evaluation
>chip, and someone interested in building a message-passing chess
>program which uses the board evaluation chips as an accellerator.
>
>In the tradition of Deep Blue, I'm fairly clueless about chess.
>
>Unlike Deep Blue, I plan on making this engine available for more than
>just a few games, so that its behavior can be studied.
>
>If you are interested in this project, please drop me email. I'm
>especially looking for a person/group seriously interested in
>constructing the overall program. I can provide the cluster & support,
>find the FPGA corporate sponsor, and find someone to route the chip.
>
>-- greg


Well I have a feeling this post you made will get many responses, but the
responses may not be the type you are looking for Greg. I think you need to be
realistic. Think about what you are saying... you want to make world-champion
chess program?!?!? Get real :-)
I'm not sure how you would go about this, but it's a lot more difficult than you
make it out to be. Maybe you should set your sites a little lower?? Hey! their
is always room for another winboard program!
I'm not saying you can't make a world-champion chess program Greg, but I think
the chances are quite slim.
Anyways, good luck! I think you will need it :)






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