Keynote by Feng-Hsiung Hsu: "Deep Blue -- The Machine that
Would be King"
Abstract:
While Computer Chess is traditionally considered an AI topic, Deep Blue, the strongest
chess automaton ever built, is not a result of an AI project, but the end product of a concerted effort
that draws from many fields beyond what is normally considered AI: VLSI design, special purpose
processing, algorithm design, parallel processing and so on. This talk will first review the history of
Computer Chess. The inner working of Deep Blue, from the silicon up to the full-fledged SP/2 based
machine, will then be described. Finally, a summary of the recently completed Kasparov-Deep Blue
match will be given, followed by a description of some of the opportunities for future growth in Deep
Blue.
Bio:
Feng-Hsiung Hsu is currently the architect and the principal designer of the Deep Blue chess
machine. He is the recipient of the 1990 Mephisto Award for his doctoral dissertation and also the 1991
ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award for his contributions in architecture and algorithms for chess
machines.
Sun May 12 12:03:18 EDT 1996
j.coplien@bell-labs.com