Chess Hardware in Deep Blue

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January/February 2006 (vol. 8 no. 1) pp. 50-60

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	@article{ 10.1109/MCSE.2006.2, author = {Feng-Hsiung Hsu}, title = {Chess Hardware in Deep Blue}, journal ={Computing in Science and Engineering}, volume = {8}, number = {1}, issn = {1521-9615}, year = {2006}, pages = {50-60}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MCSE.2006.2}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - MGZN JO - Computing in Science and Engineering TI - Chess Hardware in Deep Blue IS - 1 SN - 1521-9615 SP50 EP60 EPD - 50-60 A1 - Feng-Hsiung Hsu, PY - 2006 KW - special purpose computing KW - integrated circuits KW - hardware VL - 8 JA - Computing in Science and Engineering ER -

Feng-Hsiung Hsu, Microsoft Research Asia

In May 1997, Deep Blue became the first computer to defeat a reigning World Chess Champion in an official match. This article reexamines the special-purpose chess hardware that provided most of Deep Blue?s computational power and explores design alternatives made possible by new technologies for similar tasks.

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special purpose computing, integrated circuits, hardware

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Feng-Hsiung Hsu, "Chess Hardware in Deep Blue," Computing in Science and Engineering, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 50-60, Jan./Feb. 2006, doi:10.1109/MCSE.2006.2

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