Author: Slater Wold
Date: 12:20:01 02/15/04
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On February 15, 2004 at 15:17:28, Bob Durrett wrote: >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. I said 'on a PC'!! >>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? They used 4 seperate PCs. 2 cards, per PC. I am sure it has something to do with PCI bus saturation. >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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