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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