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Subject: Re: Summary of DB DJ debate.

Author: blass uri

Date: 20:16:09 07/21/00

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On July 21, 2000 at 19:39:56, Chris Carson wrote:

>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.

I did not say Deep blue hardware.

I believe that the hardware was different in 1996 but this is not a reason to
say Deep thought about the program that lost against Fritz.

If IBM called it Deep blue there is no reason for people to call it Deep
thought.

Uri



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