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Subject: Re: FPGAs playing chess--an expert opinion

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 13:08:26 12/16/99

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On December 16, 1999 at 15:19:01, Greg Lindahl wrote:

>Don't get caught up in the straw-man argument here -- there's no reason that
>someone using FPGAs would not put functions on the FPGA more suitable for FPGAs.
>Things have changed since DB: processors are faster, the busses have higher
>bandwidth and lower latency (DB was MCA, yes?), the interconnect I use is only
>as fast as DB's IBM SP (albeit with lower latency). These factors all mean that
>a different design is likely.

DB was VME.  That's what the RS/6000 host uses.

Dave



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