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Re: <no subject>

#722295
From: D.
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 00:00
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Tim Sutton wrote:
> 
> On 9 Jun 1997 17:17:59 GMT, ejfi...@infoave.net (Jaster) wrote:
> 
> >In article <5nfngr$akr$1...@darla.visi.com>,
> >   twos...@visi.com (JC Vollmer) wrote:
> >>Andy (an...@fyi.net) wrote:
> >>:
> >>: > The most powerful publicly know computer is a massively PARALLEL Pentium
> >>: > Pro machine that is to model nuclear decay.  I'd be surprised if they are
> >>: > faster than 200Mhz each.  ie it doesn't matter IF you have some real
> >>: > work to do with the chip.
> >>:
> >>: Please, name this system.  I have never heard of PPros being used in
> >>: massive parallel.  In fact, I'm pretty sure you can't do that with
> >>: PPro chips.  You can massively parallel UltraSPARC chips and Alphas.
> >>:
> >>: Besides, wouldn't you say the most powerful computer that is publicly
> >>: known (i.e., not known only to a segment of the scientific community)
> >>: is Deep Blue?
> >>
> >>and that's a PPC machine!
> haha, thats a laugh, a ppc capable of performing the massive
> calcluations needed to manage deep blue

Yes but can Deep blue out play a human in Quake? *giggle*
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Date: 1997/06/09
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