Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:55:28 09/03/00
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On September 03, 2000 at 11:37:49, stuart taylor wrote: >On September 03, 2000 at 08:27:49, Frederic Friedel wrote: > >>Looking for a seriously fast computer? Check out the design specs of this one at >> >>http://www.newscientist.co.uk/features/features.jsp?id=ns225415 >> >>It has not hit the production line yet -- I think they still have a cooling >>problem. But Deep Blue, Smeep Blue, just think how Fritz would do on one of >>these babies. >> >>BTW, if you cannot wait that long maybe you should consider a used CRAY Y-MP >>C90. This is where you can get one: >> >>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=426080142 >> >>The bidding is currently at $35,100. > >Can I play software chess programs on this Cray? >What is the equivalent GHZ. in speed? (I'm embarrased to say that I don't yet >know what a Gigaflop is) >The 130 GB looks very little (of hard disk) to me. Can't you already get 80 or >more on a P.C? So only 130 is like nothing! Maybe that doesn't matter. But >what about speed? >S.Taylor The C90 is so much faster than any PC of today that it really doesn't even merit discussion. The problem is the C90 doesn't execute X86 instructions, so you would need source code to get an engine running. And once you got it running, you would probably find it didn't run very fast because the C90 is a vector machine that can be used by only two programs that I know of... Cray Blitz and LaChex (from Los Alamos).
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