Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 09:39:46 12/16/99
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I posted something about why this is impossible in a new thread: "FPGAs playing chess--an expert opinion." -Tom 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
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