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Subject: Re: What is the best currently available hardware for deep junior?

Author: Rajen Gupta

Date: 12:03:43 02/18/00

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Hi Dann: If GM Adams is a real man and not a wimp he should accept a 6 game
challenge at match time controls from DJ on such a machine for across the board
play !!
rajen

On February 18, 2000 at 13:42:05, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On February 18, 2000 at 13:14:04, Rajen Gupta wrote:
>
>>If money wasn't a limitation what would be the srongest possible hardware today
>>that could be set up for deep junior?
>
>Since Junior is written in C++, Amir & Co. could target any processor.  I
>suspect that if you put it on one of those COMPAQ alpha machines with 32
>processors [since you can get NT for it and also MS VC++ 6.0 for Alpha is
>available he could probably just recompile], it would be just about unbeatable.
>He might even get in touch with COMPAQ and see if they would like to sponsor him
>for the World Computer Chess Championship.  I think that setup would pound the
>stuffings out of anything else that has been competing the last couple years.
>Might even go undefeated and undrawn if the 21464 is available by then.
>
>I don't know if Deep Junior is for sale.  Perhaps Amir can clarify.


rajen
>I am also curious about Shay's role.  Is he a second programmer?  Does he work
>on certain facets like the opening book or???



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