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Subject: Re: how is named the Hydra with 64 cards ?

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 00:46:34 05/31/05

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On May 31, 2005 at 03:36:41, Amir wrote:

>On May 31, 2005 at 03:10:52, Bigler wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Hydra 32 cards is named Scylla
>>Hydra 64 cards is named ??
>>
>>The 64 cards version has never played on playchess.com ?
>>
>>regards
>
>Is it official that 64 cards version is playing Adams? Only place I found that
>info was on chessbase site. Where is that info on Hydra's offical site?
>According to their site they recently updated to 32 cards, but according to
>chessbase site:


Here : http://hydrachess.com/main.cfm?middle=cfm/news_show.cfm&id=684

"Grand master Michael Adams is taking on the Hydra, a 64-computer cluster,
across the 64 squares of the chess board"


>http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2412
>
>"Housed in a secure server room in Abu Dhabi, HYDRA is a 64-way cluster computer
>– 64 computers connected and operating as if they are a single machine. Each
>computer has an Intel Xeon 3.06 Ghz."
>
>"The cluster comprises 16 nodes of four computers, with each node boasting 32GB
>of memory. Each of the 64 processors in the cluster includes an FPGA (Field
>Programmable Gate Arrays) card from XiLinx, which are significantly faster than
>Pentium or Athlon"
>
>Is that correct or a mistatement on chessbase site?



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