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Subject: Re: new computer chess effort

Author: Greg Lindahl

Date: 16:56:30 12/15/99

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On December 15, 1999 at 19:43:57, Tom Kerrigan wrote:

>Anyway, I think your opinion of today's FPGAs is a little high. I just checked
>the Xilinx page and they are advertising FPGAs that can replace 25,000 gate
>ASICs. A Deep Blue chip has 150,000 gates. So, your project may be possible,
>just not right now...

Xilinx's current product line goes up to 1,000,000 gates. It's helpful to stay
well below that maximum for cost reasons, of course, but 150k is well within
reach. The FPGA clock rate today is above Deep Blue's ASIC clock rates then.

BTW, I wasn't intending to get into a discussion about the proposal here. I was
asking for volunteers.

-- g



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