Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:42:42 05/19/99
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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.
>
I have an 'electronic copy' so I am not sure the page numbers match the IEEE
journal, but here is the sentence I am keying on:
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.
2000 is 7+ months away. I interpret that to say this is 'under way...'
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>>>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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