Author: Frank Quisinsky
Date: 14:06:52 05/28/01
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On May 28, 2001 at 12:48:01, Chris Carson wrote: >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 Hello Chris, I don`t know is the message for the most computer chess player interesting. More for me the question ... is SMP only better alone the best way for chess or are other ideas also interesting. A question for the near future and maybe interesting to see a chess program in combination with Tina ! Best Frank
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