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Subject: Re: Yes but will it beat cheaper than buying a Dual Opteron ?

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 14:38:38 02/15/04

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On February 15, 2004 at 16:22:48, Slater Wold wrote:

>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."


But the question is can you buy a Dual FPGAs cheaper than a Dual Opteron, and
can Hydra beat Fritz or shredder in a short match of 10 games against each using
a dual Opteron?

Jorge



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