Author: James B. Shearer
Date: 22:06:42 05/18/99
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On May 18, 1999 at 07:42:16, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On May 17, 1999 at 22:37:30, James B. Shearer wrote:
>
>>On May 17, 1999 at 09:28:31, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On May 17, 1999 at 00:36:39, James B. Shearer wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 14, 1999 at 09:52:14, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On May 14, 1999 at 01:38:11, Gregor Overney wrote:
>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>2) You still need to write the correct algorithms to make this chip work. And
>>>>>>those algorithms are pretty complex (see evaluation functions etc.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>But it has _already_ been done. All that is left is to use the "new" fab
>>>>>process to increase density and clock speed.. DB's chess chips only ran at
>>>>>20-24 megahertz. running that up to 16x faster seems quite easy with todays
>>>>>silicon capabilities as that would still be a modest < 400mhz processor.
>>>>
>>>> This assumes:
>>>>1) Hsu's startup has the right to use the IBM deep blue code.
>>>
>>>He's already publicly stated that he is doing this, so I would assume that
>>>permission has already been granted?
>>
>> I have not seen any such statement.
>>
>
>Then pick up the current issue of IEEE Micor and you will. :)
>
I just reread this article and I still can't find any such statement.
Perhaps you can point out the exact statement you have in mind.
>
>
>>>
>>>>2) The IBM deep blue code (written for the big endian power chips) can be
>>>>trivially ported to the (little endian) Intel chips used in PCs.
>>>> I would doubt both of these assumptions.
>>>> James B. Shearer
>>>
>>>(2) is a non-issue. IE 'crafty' is much more 'endian' aware than DB, yet it
>>>runs on big-endian and little-endian machines with no problems at all. The
>>>PCI interface could 'correct' the endian-order of the data without the chip
>>>ever knowing...
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