Author: John Alfred
Date: 04:40:47 08/14/01
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On August 09, 2001 at 06:11:39, Adam Oellermann wrote: >On August 09, 2001 at 05:50:49, John Alfred wrote: > >>I'm new to this .. but is there such a thing as a dedicated chess playing >>microcontroller? possibly implemented in ASIC or FPGA? >> >>From what I can see, most chess engines use generally available microcomputers >>(Eg Intel Pentium) and are programmed in a language like C. >> >>John > >Deep Blue was built around chess processors. From what I have read recently, Hsu >has bought the rights to the chess chip from IBM, but he apparently doesn't have >plans to exploit them commercially. To be honest, I reckon a chess coprocessor >daughterboard would be fantastic, but given the stellar performance of chess >engines on standard, cheap hardware, the likely market is extremely small. > >Have a look at http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/feng.html, and open letter from >Hsu in which he talks about his plans around the chess chip. > >- Adam Hi Adam, Do you know of any attempts by anyone at a chess coprocessor daughterboard? (apart from anything to do with Deep Blue) Best wishes John 14-Aug-01
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