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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."

3 of 260 comments (clear)

  1. this rules by alanhyee · · Score: 0, Redundant

    thats pretty sweet.

  2. Re:Slightly Off Topic by searleb · · Score: 1, Redundant

    What will be the next challenge? Where is there a game that requires the uniqueness of human thought over the pure power of computer calculations?

    Let's start with the simple game of "conversation", move quickly to "philosophy", and futher on down the line to "intuition". Hell, even "natual spoken language" is currently impossible for a machine.

  3. This is wonderful by Call+Me+Black+Cloud · · Score: 1, Redundant


    I, for one, welcome our new chess-playing overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted Slashdot poster, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground card factories.