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Subject: Re: Quantifying Deeper Blue Strength

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 19:28:44 05/07/00

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On May 07, 2000 at 22:02:03, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On May 07, 2000 at 21:37:07, Roger Kyte wrote:
>
>>On May 07, 2000 at 21:26:27, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On May 07, 2000 at 21:23:05, Roger Kyte wrote:
>>>
>>>>If X = a single 1 Ghz Intel Pentium chip and 256k of Ram,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>What is the comparative strength of Deeper Blue ??  10X or 20X etc...
>>>>
>>>>Don Dailey once stated that the processing power of DB would be available on
>>>>standalone home computers within ten years, but can someone quantify it for me
>>>>so I can understand what the strength of DB is in standard hardware terminology.
>>>
>>>
>>>Figure a factor of 1,000
>>>
>>>roughly.
>>>
>>
>>Hello,
>>
>>So, DB = 1 Terra hertz with 256,000 mgs of Ram [ roughly ]
>>
>>I personally do not think that a standalone PC will have this power in ten
>>years, but I could see between 10 Ghz and 20 Ghz by 2010 quite easily, with as
>>much Ram as one can afford. I have heard that one Terra meg of hard drive space
>>will be standard on home pc's in the not to distant future due to increased
>>technology.
>
>
>DB speed will be here before 2010, when you factor in parallel search, just as
>was used in DB.

I've noticed that well publicized predictions about computers almost never seem
to come true.  That might be because the people who make those predictions that
get publicized don't know sh** from computers.  Still, we'll all probably be
better off if your prediction isn't widly publicized, the odds would be more
with us then...

Some day you'll probably look back at all the hours you spent putting this
Beowulf system together & go something like "That's nothin', you know what we
used to have to do?"

Pete



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