Author: Robert Henry Durrett
Date: 13:07:37 06/30/02
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On June 30, 2002 at 12:54:49, Adam Oellermann wrote: >On June 29, 2002 at 10:36:42, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: > >>On June 29, 2002 at 02:43:02, Adam Oellermann wrote: >> >>>On June 28, 2002 at 19:29:38, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: >>> >>>>DEFINITION: Apologetic SPAM: >>>> >>>>All discussions of spam [a canned version of ham?] and a variety of associated >>>>apologies. >>>> >>>>_ _ _ _ _ _ >>>> >>>>These fall into a normal distribution where the independent variable is time. >>>> >>>>Or is it a different statistical distribution? An "abnormal" distribution? >>>> >>>>Are there any spamish computer chess statisticians here? >>>> >>>>:) :( :) :( :) :( :) :( :) :( :) :( >>>> >>>>_ _ _ _ _ _ >>>> >>>> >>>>Bob D. >>>> >>>> >>>>P.S. Back on the topic of computer chess: >>>> >>>>I am curious. What is the next step up from a PC for chess engines? >>>> >>>>Are we talking $15,000? $30,000? Or what? Surely not a super computer! >>>> >>>>How much chess for the buck? Is the PC the ultimate? >>> >>>Not even close. There was a brief discussion here about an IBM system running >>>dual Power4s for about $15000 which would, judgine from benchmarks, have a >>>significant advantage over PCs. Another $11000-odd allows you to upgrade it to 8 >>>Power4 CPUs; together with plenty of cache and lots of RAM, this would leave a >>>PC without chances. Of course, you can keep going if you have money - there are >>>32-way versions etc... and if you have *real* money, you could start thinking >>>about supercomputers, but would probably have to develop a "special" chess >>>engine to take full advantage. >> >>I want to see some dollar figures here. As soon as I get rich, I plan to >>purchase one. >> >>Bob D. > >Those were dollar figures for the entry-level p690 machines, which run AIX >(probably Linux as well within 6 months). Once you're rich, I'm sure your >friendly IBM salesman would be happy to talk you through some of the bigger >boxes :) > >However, it may be just as well if you're not planning on getting rich soon. >Competition from the lower end of the market (ie fast 32-bit Intel/AMD stuff) >and imminent, serious competition from the likes of Itanium and Opteron is >forcing the IBMs and the Suns of the world to do some serious engineering. >Expect prices to fall on multiple-core-per-die architectures with silly amounts >of on-die cache. I think the next few years will be interesting, especially if >your spare room has industrial-strength airconditioning and raised tiles! Unfortunately, I can't wait "a few years." I gotta have it soon, or forget it! Bob D.
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