Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 12:17:28 02/15/04
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On February 15, 2004 at 15:14:16, Slater Wold wrote: >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. You forgot to add in the cost of the computer Shredder was running on. > >Still think Hydra is the 'engine of the future'? :) Well, the idea that four Hydra cards were used is encouraging because that suggests that using multiple Hydra cards is a workable idea. I do not understand, however, why two separate PCs were required. Any ideas about that? Bob D. > >>> >>>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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