Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 22:24:36 05/18/99
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Page 81: "I am forming an independent start-up to create a new chess chip for consumers. This new chip could make it possible for a desktop machine to defeat the Worlds Champion in a formal match as early as the year 2000." On May 19, 1999 at 01:06:42, James B. Shearer wrote: >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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