Author: Gregor Overney
Date: 22:09:11 11/18/00
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>The program would be a hybrid approach. To run fast on the Cray requires >a lot of vectorization throughout the program. Bitmaps are cute, but they >don't run fast on a Cray without some vector stuff as well. > >NPS? CB could do 7M. Crafty should be able to do the same. It would >be tough... but it wouldn't be Deep Blue by any stretch. Winning the >WC? Difficult question. Such a machine won it twice, of course. A third >time? who knows? Let me ask you a stupid question? (Just in case you want to take time to answer stupid questions at all.) Cray sells two types of supercomputers. One that has a lot of "standard" micro-CPU's, such as the 21264, but a rather moderate bandwidth between CPU's. And an other model (my personal favorite) that has less processors (4 to 32 CPU's) but offers a tremendous bandwidth between CPU's. Which one would you chose? The one with much more processors but a slower bandwidth or....a system with less CPU's but a much higher bandwidth if you had 1) enough $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 2) enough space and more than enough slaves to keep your Cray working 3) the urge to create the fastest combination of Cray system and Chess engine in 2000? Gregor
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