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Codename Brutus: Chess-Playing FPGA PCI Card

Posted by timothy on from the talk-about-specialized dept.

rockville writes "Brutus, a FPGA add-in PCI card developed by ChessBase and Dr. Christian Donnegar, just dominated a strong field of human players at a tournament in Germany. It's the first serious chess-playing FPGA architecture since Deep Blue was disassembled after its victory over Kasparov in 1997. Pictures of the card and a short description are here."

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  1. can i ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    .. get 2 early posts in a row?

    1. Re:can i ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      ... get 2nd post as a reply to my first?

    2. Re:can i ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      check! you have been moved down the list with my rook!

  2. WHY DUBYA WILL PREVAIL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Dubya will never be held accountable because he makes his primitive followers feel proud. Face it:

    • Liberating poor countries from their oil is cool. It makes citizens with a low self-esteem feel like THEY PERSONALLY rule the world.
    • Firing a few hundred missiles from a safe distance is very heroic.
    • All of the soldiers who killed their own comrades and allies were heroes.
    • That blonde chick who failed her mission because she was too dumb to find her way is definitely a hero.
    • You don't need to be worth something to be accepted. You just need to wave a flag and shout "God bless America!"
    • Every failure can be a hero in Bush's America!
    • Seeing Dubya in a flight suit on board a carrier makes republicans shoot their load in seconds!

    And as long as all of the above is true, the lies will go on.
    1. Re:WHY DUBYA WILL PREVAIL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Wow! It's the Iraqi Information Minister! He's alive!

  3. Overclock? by thorgil · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can it be overclocked?
    Or someone can write a driver to do some crypto cracking... ;)

    I mean ... same thing right?

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  4. Darl McBride - SCO Information Minister by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Check out the funny quotes on the following page:

    http://www.welovethescoinformationminister.com

  5. Who cares by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this website fucking sucks.