Deep Blue system overview
Feng-hsiung Hsu, Murray S. Campbell, A. Joseph Hoane · 1995
One of the oldest Grand Challenge problems in com-puter science is the creation of a World Championship level chess computer. Combining VLSI custom circuits, dedicated massively parallel C @ search engines, and various new search algorithms, Deep Blue is designed to be such a computer. This paper gives an overview of the system, and examines the prospects of reaching the goal. 1