Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 17:39:32 11/20/05
http://hydrachess.com/ ... With a processing power of 200 million moves a second – more than 200 times an average home PC and 6 times the processing capability of Deep Blue – Hydra can be configured for a range of super-computing tasks beyond chess, such as DNA and finger-print matching, code breaking and space travel calculations. ... Hydra’s Managing Director, Syed Basar Shueb said: “We have focused all our attentions on building the world’s greatest chess computer, a task that has taken four years and a lot of money. We’re confident that each member of the Human Team will have trouble landing a blow against our silicon champion.” Hydra has been upgraded to 64 processor cluster, “we have high hopes and we are expecting a 4-0 win for Hydra, I know its very optimistic but this optimism comes after all the experience we had with the development and performance of Hydra in different tournaments”, said Muhammad Nasir Ali the project director of Hydra.
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