Author: Tim Mirabile
Date: 11:13:26 06/26/98
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On June 26, 1998 at 12:42:01, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >I just read a number of silly comments about Deep Blue and PC expansion cards. A >few points: > >First and foremost, DB chips would be implemented in a PC the same way graphics >chips are. Commands are sent to them, they process the commands, and then they >return answers. There's nothing tricky about this part. [...] >I can't think of a fourth point right now so I'll just leave it at that. And if the DB hardware is too big or hot to be inside an ordinary PC, it can be placed in an external box with an expansion card to interface with it. But would the PCI bus present a bandwidth bottleneck when compared with the processor and DB chip speed? Or would the DB hardware have its own processor which does the coordination between the DB chips.
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