I was curious too so I Googled it. Looks like it's true: http://www.phonearena.com/news/A-modern-smartphone-or-a-vintage-supercomputer-which-is-more-powerful_i

I was curious too so I Googled it. Looks like it's true: http://www.phonearena.com/news/A-modern-smartphone-or-a-vintage-supercomputer-which-is-more-powerful_id57149 http://www.phonearena.com/news/A-modern-smartphone-or-a-vint... You'd still need the right chess AI running on it but smartphones today are more powerful than Deep Blue, apparently.