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I was part of the Inmos Microcomputer Design Group (working on the transputer) from 1982 till 1987. When Inmos was recruiting, number of people in the UK with solid experience in t…

One other observation on the Inmos story that I don't believe has been made elsewhere in this thread is the degree to which the company seeded the development of a number of highly…

I joined Inmos in 1982 and worked on the transputer CAD system as part of a small team led by Miles Chesney. One of the things that seems remarkable, in retrospect, is the fact tha…

This sounds very much like the Colour Lookup Table (CLUT)- a classic skunkworks project initiated by Gerry Talbot and Miles Chesney that 'proved' the capability of the nascent Inmo…

Thanks for your comment. The answer is that I am still hoping to trim the tree like other engines. The simplicity of my engine lies solely in the evaluation function. What I hope t…

For some time now I have been fascinated by the idea of a chess engine with an unusual evaluation function - at least I imagine it is unusual, I'm not an expert chess programmer an…