Re: [computer-go] question regarding Hydra Chess PC computer

["chrilly" <chrilly@xxxxxxxx>]

>
>If I understand this correctly, you can stay within specs and have a max.
2x
>speedup..
>
I do not know of any official XiLinx spec/documentation on this topic.
Generally hardware runs faster when cooled down.  I have seen a short video
were someone cools down the CPU with N and then it runs for 30 secs at
double frequency. During my physics studies we had also our N-fun in the
lab. But we have a practical system in mind which plays 24h a day chess.
Actually for bigger cluster just normal air-condition becomes a problem
(especially under Abu-Dhabi-conditions). I do also not know of any practical
FPGA-Cluster which is cooled with N.
But good old Crays had sometimes special cooling. Also the program Dark
Thought ran at the World-Championship 97 in Paris on a specially cooled
Alpha-machine (was not N). As far as I remember at 660 MHz instead of
500MHz. Quite an effort for about 25 Elo points.
The fastest Intel-Chips ran at that time at 230 MHz.

Chrilly


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