Author: Slater Wold
Date: 12:14:16 02/15/04
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On February 15, 2004 at 15:09:57, Bob Durrett wrote: >On February 15, 2004 at 15:06:26, Slater Wold wrote: > >>On February 15, 2004 at 14:34:08, Bob Durrett wrote: >> >>> >>>I envision a standard equipment rack with 32 or 64 Hydra cards, a power supply, >>>possibly a conventional computer for orchestration, and fans. >> >>Do you think Hydra was running on a single computer, with a single card? > >Actually, that is what I thought. What was actually done? 4 Dual Xeon 2.4Ghz PCs & 8 FPGA cards (2 per PC) The PCs are probably $5k a piece. The cards, about $500 a piece. $25k worth of hardware, just to draw Shredder 8 ($50 program) on a PC. Still think Hydra is the 'engine of the future'? :) >> >>If so, you're wrong. >> >>>Feasible? >> >>Sure. Been done before. Google for 'Deep Blue'. >> >>>If so, what performance could be expected? >> >>'Diminishing returns' comes to mind... >> >>>Note that it might not be necessary to combine the Hydras in the most efficient >>>way possible. Maybe not SMA. >>> >>>Bob D.
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