Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:37:50 01/15/00
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On January 15, 2000 at 13:53:02, Alvaro Polo wrote: >On January 15, 2000 at 13:42:31, Albert Silver wrote: > >>On January 15, 2000 at 12:16:12, James Robertson wrote: >> >>>>that is the _wrong_ question. The right question is "If someone else wanted >>>>to continue the deep blue project _today_ how long would it take them to catch >>>>up to the point where Hsu is? While Hsu is off doing a new machine by himself >>>>without IBM involved? I claim 12 years +or longer+... >>>> >>>>And during that 12 years, Hsu would also have 12 years. He would not be >>>>caught, most likely... >>> >>>If they started _today_, they would have Hsu's previous work to work with, >>>unless the terms of his contract prevent anyone from ever accessing his >>>research. >>> >>>But that is not really the point. I think the discussion started over whether or >>>not another person or team of people could have created a supercomputer >>>comparable to Deep Blue. >>> >>>James >> >>I don't know about that. Even supposing that someone decided to go their own >>way, what I understood is that any other approach would still take about 12 >>years to reach the standard Hsu set, and that while this other approach was >>getting there, Hsu would not be idle. >> > >Cannot agree with that. The point is: it seems that Hsu is going very much to be >idle (in this field) unless some miracle strikes. > >Alvaro > >> Albert Silver Hsu _is_ idle. But on the other hand _nobody_ else is stepping forward to take up the design challenge for the next chip, either.
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