Author: Chris Carson
Date: 09:48:01 05/28/01
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On May 28, 2001 at 11:51:15, Frank Quisinsky wrote: >Hi there, > >today in mdr3 (German TV) I saw a little bit about a new super computer in >Germany (Uni Magedeburg). > >A computer for 450.000,-- DM from 72 PCs and 118 GFlops >(in German: 118 Milliarden Rechenoperationen pro Sekunde) > >It isn´t a SMP machine. > >The programmer Stephan Mertens (Tina Team, Tina is the name of the project / >machine) wrote me in German: > >--- >Tina macht 118 GFlops (118 Milliarden Rechenoperationen pro Sekunde), >ist aber keine SMP Maschine sondern ein grosser Beowulf-Cluster. Aplikationen >sollten moeglichst auf MPI oder PVM (Message-Passing Bibliotheken) >aufsetzen, das laeuft hier problemlos. >--- > >The questions is now ... is a chess program compatible ? >Maybe we can with the Tina Team organize an Event! > >And maybe ... we orginize an open event and not a top secret event !! >Better for people which have interest. > >I hope so, because I wish me a new Deep Thought and a new match vs. a World >Champion. > >Best >Frank Great news Frank! Keep us posted and thanks for the great Chess web site. Best Regards, Chris Carson
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