Author: Graham Laight
Date: 07:45:14 04/12/00
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On April 12, 2000 at 10:24:40, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On April 12, 2000 at 06:13:40, Graham Laight wrote: > >>On April 11, 2000 at 22:13:32, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On April 11, 2000 at 17:36:10, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >>> >>>>On April 11, 2000 at 06:04:48, Graham Laight wrote: >>>> >>>>>On SSDF, Crafty is rated as 2624 on a 450 Mhz PC. >>>>> >>>>>Generally, a doubling of processor speed results in an improvement of 60 elo. >>>>> >>>>>So, if Crafty were put on a 900 Mhz PC with 4 processors, it could achieve 3 >>>>>doublings, or 180 elo improvement, to get a rating of 2804. >>>> >>>>Or you could just use a 16-CPU Alpha 21264 767(?) MHz machine for some real >>>>speed. Just one of these processors ran faster than Bob's 4x400 Intel machine. >>>>:) (Each is about the speed of an Athlon 1GHz.) >>>> >>>>I think they're making 32-processor machines even... >>> >>>Something even bigger on the burner. From >>>http://www.digital.com/hpc/systems/sys_hpc320.html: >>> >>>"The HPC160 and HPC320 are part of Compaq's strategy to deliver HPTC systems >>>that are based on collections of standard, volume SMP systems, linked together >>>via System Area Network technology. While the HPC160 and HPC320 are targeted at >>>ISV applications requiring up to 32 CPUs, there is a need for much larger >>>systems, with hundreds or thousands of CPUs, for in-house applications >>>previously supported by systems such as the Cray T3D and T3E. The ASCI >>>(Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative) program, for example, is demanding >>>parallel systems into the teraflops and beyond. For those customers, Compaq is >>>creating a family of packaged systems, based on a System Area Network licensed >>>from Quadrics Supercomputers World, which will provide systems starting at 64 >>>CPUs up to hundreds, or even thousands, of CPUs." >>> >>>A few thousand 21646's ought to run chess rather quickly. >> >>A couple of months ago, I saw Bruce Moreland complaining at CCC that IBM had >>taken the credit for beating the world champion (the "Crown Jewells" of computer >>chess), then disappeared into the night without allowing any further analysis of >>their machine. >> >>The essence of IBM's claim to fame is that they built a supercomputer and proved >>how good it was by using it to beat the world champion at chess. >> >>How ordinary this achievement would look if, just 3 or 4 years later, a similar >>level of achievement was made by a computer which Joe Public could buy off the >>shelf! >> >>-g > > >It will eventually happen. I am 52 years old. I am not sure it will happen in >my lifetime, although it might. I am sure it will happen within the lifetime of >my kids... When are you planning to die? :-) From your message, you certainly give the impression that you're going to die at a young age for a man of your demographic criteria! Please make sure that Crafty's "finished" before you go... -g
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