Title :
IBM´s Deep Blue Chess grandmaster chips
Author :
Hsu, Feng-Hsiung
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
The IBM Deep Blue supercomputer that defeated World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov in 1997 employed 480 custom chess chips. This article describes the design philosophy, general architecture, and performance of the chess chips, which provided most of Deep Blue´s computational power
Keywords :
games of skill; microprocessor chips; parallel machines; IBM Deep Blue supercomputer; IBM´s Deep Blue Chess grandmaster chips; general architecture; Computer architecture; Computer science; Emulation; Games; Hardware; Humans; Programming profession; Supercomputers;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
