Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 23:17:59 07/11/02
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On July 12, 2002 at 02:14:57, Jonas Cohonas wrote:
>On July 11, 2002 at 23:49:02, Nolan Denson wrote:
>
>>On July 11, 2002 at 23:31:08, K. Burcham wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>http://www.angstrom.com/products/racer500_quad.htm
>>
>>I am not sure if that system would work like a true Quad motherboard ... like
>>the one that SuperMicro has for the Intel processors. This system seems to be a
>>cluster setup. I don't think many chess programs can take advantage of a
>>cluster setup.
>
>It looks like it is a real quad:
>
>(snip)
>a. 4 CPUs in 1U form factor
>b. Can rack up to 168 Athlon MP 2100+ CPUs in a 42U rack
>(snip)
>
>1 unit does not equal a cluster right? "Can rack up to 168 Athlon MP 2100+ CPUs
>in a 42U rack" this sounds like the cluster of 42 quad MP's.
>
>Am i missing something?
It's a bit ambiguous.
It is very clear that the cluster is not SMP.
It is possible that the 4 CPU machine has 4 independent CPU's loosely affiliated
via message passing of some sort.
Probably stuff that is sold for Beowulf clusters.
The setups are pretty bizarre. A high end machine with a giant pile {320 GIG}
of IDE disk!? SHUDDER!
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