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Deep Blue '97, which beat Kasparov, was a: "RS/6000 SP Thin P2SC-based system with 30-nodes, with each node containing a 120 MHz P2SC microprocessor for a total
by smanek 17y ago
Deep Blue '97, which beat Kasparov, was a: "RS/6000 SP Thin P2SC-based system with 30-nodes, with each node containing a 120 MHz P2SC microprocessor for a total of 30, enhanced with 480 special purpose VLSI chess chips." (from Wikipedia)
I'd be interested to know what exactly those VLSI chips contained ... My hunch is that a few dozen modern FPGAs should be able to match a few hundred ASICs from over a decade ago. Then it shouldn't cost more than ~$10K for enough hardware.
Hsu could easily bootstrap that sort of machine. Then, after winning a World Computer Chess Championship, he would be in a much better position to issue a challenge to Kasporov.
- shard 17y agoIt depends. Having designed medium sized VLSI ASICs over a decade ago and worked with FPGAs recently, I'd have to say that it may still take several FPGAs to equal one ASIC.