Author: Chris Carson
Date: 16:39:56 07/21/00
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Dr Hyatt questioned my qualifications (ASICS in particular) I did not know I needed to supply a resume, but here is a brief one. I have published this before for Dr Hyatt, last Feb when he was debating Tom K. about an idea Tom had for creating a program in hardware. Dr Hyatt had a fit and trashed Tom, when I said Tom was right and I could do it at TI, Bob demanded to know what my qualifications were. Look it up, it is in the archives and some of you may remember. I hava a BS EECE 1984. I have a MS 1995. I worked for Boeing 1985-1987 (systems engineer). I worked for LTV 1987-1989 (software engineer). I worked for Texas Instruments 1989-15Jun2000 (Senior Engineer) in the ASIC's (application specific integrated circuits) division and I have made a lot of ASIC designs and delivered more chips than I can count (but TI can) to external customers. Perhaps I am not an expert, but I am not a novice. TI is paying for my PhD and I have completed all courses and working on my disertation. This is a distraction. Let me be clear. I have left TI and I am now in private practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). My PhD is in the field of psychology, I am making a career change. Dr Hyatt's logic is flawed in my opinion. DB hardware was at the 1995 WCCC and finished tied for 3-5. I have given the links that prove that from the tournament record and IBM (confirms that it was DB hardware in 1995). So Fritz3 beat DB hardware (DT software if you like) and Wchess drew it. DB hardware has a loosing record against P90 and has no data for faster machines (the match of 36-4 was against P90 and old sw, heck todays programs on only 450mhz have a pretty good record see the SSDF against the P90 and old sw, let alone DJ 8x-700). DB made simple mistakes (ED, AMIR, URI) have all pointed this out. Simple mistakes that are easily found by most programs on slower machines (450mhz for example). DJ or Fritz on a 8x-700 is a fair match for 97DB. My opinion is they would beat 96 DB and crush DT (based on games against humans and comp vs comp results of Junior and Fritz on 450mhz machines). DB had a bizillion NPS. Ask Dr Hyatt, he will tell you all about that. DB needed them due to a simple eval and still missed simple tactics even with its bizillion NPS (or what ever DR Hyatt says). A great accomplishment in 1997, twice as fast as the HW that lost to Pritz3 and Wchess on P90's in 1995. DJ, Fritz, Rebel, Shredder, and Hiarcs (perhaps more) have better evals in my opinion. DB 97 would never win 90% against Fritz and DJ on a 8x-700. Best Regards, Chris Carson
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