Author: Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)
Date: 14:13:55 05/02/99
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On May 02, 1999 at 15:54:01, Paul Massie wrote: >Now if he would just provide that chip to the major programmers for >incorporation into their programs, think how it would move the entire industry >forward. Imagine - Fritz, Rebel, Junior, etc. all running on such a chip! Then >the programmers could focus on the interface, teaching features, and engine >knowledge, rather than trying to speed up the search and evaluation a few more >nodes. > >Paul > It's quite possible that those who were interested in doing so could still market their own chess engines that used Hsu's chip. The current "Deep Blue" chip is massively customizable through software, and software search was used for the first four ply - the chips themselves were only asked to search the last 4-5 ply. If it remains that way, then Hsu could sell the chips with his chess engine driving it, but others could write "aftermarket" chess engines that tried to make better use of the chips by getting more creative with the front-end software. Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com) http://directory.mozilla.org/Games/Board_Games/Chess/Software/Macintosh/
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