Author: Amir
Date: 22:54:17 07/01/05
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On July 01, 2005 at 21:38:28, Robert Hyatt wrote: > In 1996 DB's edge was 100X faster than the micros of the >day. Today Hydra's edge is not even 4x. 4x is significant, but not >unbeatable... However, Hydra team is not done with their project. As far as I know, they are planning to add 32 more FPGA cards and use all 64 CPUs in the cluster. If the UAE sponsor keeps sponsoring the project with lots money, Hydra will increase its edge in the next few years. Think about it this way. Did three years ago Brutus had any edge against other programs? Was Brutus even the strongest machine three years ago? If not, obviously they have increased their edge in three years. Why won't the edge be even bigger next year? Unless IBM or some other big corporate with lots of money sponsors some rival project, I doubt anyone would be able to stop Hydra's increasing edge against other chess programs/machines (that is, if UAE sponsor keeps spending money at this rate on Hydra).
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