RE: computer-go: Computer Go hardware

[Bill Rankin <billran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting rant.  Was there any purpose behind this posting other than

to generate random discussions?

Another approach worth pursuing is
to connect many cpus together. Not for parallel processing in the
conventional sense. Instead connect them in a certain topological way. 
  

Firstoff, what you describe *is* conventional parallel processing.  Grids,

hyper-cubes, fat-trees, et. al., has all been been extensively researched.

If you can define a regular topology the is useful and isn't a combination of the

more established sets, then please let me know and we can apply for some

research funding :-)

 

Other than that, I have been looking with some interest at the discussion of

the performance bottlenecks in the GnuGo code and was wondering if a

beowulf/cluster type of approach could be used to improve things a bit?

 

Anyone have any thoughts on this matter?

 

-bill rankin