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Word: feng-hsiung (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1989-1989
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...real strength comes from two high-speed computer chips, plus a unique strategy that allows it to project 20 moves ahead along the most promising lines of play. How fast would a computer have to be to overtake + Kasparov? Some 100 to 1,000 times faster, says Feng-Hsiung Hsu, the Taiwan- born graduate student who designed Deep Thought's chips. "It's not out of the question, " says Hsu. "But it would take a few years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Chess Prodigy $10,000 prize for a rising star | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

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