Author: walter irvin
Date: 07:05:06 12/16/99
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On December 15, 1999 at 15:13:18, Coconuts2000 wrote: >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 :) what makes you think a winboard program could not one day be world champion ????????????????????????????????
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