Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:35:21 02/15/03
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On February 15, 2003 at 04:21:37, David Dory wrote: >On February 14, 2003 at 11:51:17, Pavel Blokhine wrote: > >>http://www.top500.org/lists/2002/11/ >> >> >>Play chess anyone? What if you had Bill Gates kind of cash andbought one of >>these comp with 4,000 processors to play chess? > >The super computers with SMP and fast interprocessor communications would be >great for chess. > >The other "super" computers, really aren't super at all for chess. > >Dave No, and that "pollutes" the list. IE I am a drag race fan, and most use one engine. I have seen at least a couple of top fuelers with two engines, and one with four engines. The TOP500 looks like a garage full of four cylinder engines, that total a bunch of horsepower, but which are _very_ difficult to use for real-world problems. The single big blown V8 is _far_ more usable. :)
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