Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:24:07 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? > >Bob D. In Graz, 4 processors, 2 FPGA cards per processor, if I remember what was posted correctly... ie 8 chess processors... > >> >>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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