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Subject: Re: Multi-Hydra Computer Feasible in Future?

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 13:22:48 02/15/04

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On February 15, 2004 at 16:00:22, Robert Pawlak wrote:

>
>>
>>Imagine that card sends back sooo much chess data, PVs, depths, etc., etc. that
>>eventually, it overwhelms the computer.
>>
>>That's PCI bus staturation, in a very tiny nutshell.
>
>I wonder if this is really the issue. If so, maybe reflective memory is the
>answer. Of course, this isn't a low cost option :-)
>
>Bob

I was right!  :)

"FPGAs may have more potential for further speedup than GP-processors (still
30MHz), and the PCI-bus becomes a bottleneck doing three plies plus quiescence."



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