> The first "Connection-Machine" CM1 (from Thinking Machine Inc) was > 65 536 transputer connected on a 12d hypercube (one transputer at each corner) > > Itw was quite hard to program, but i think it could be a very good hardware > for a strong go program :) Sadly it is now in museum.
i think that the problem was (and correct me if i'm wrong) that it rapidly became much more affordable for just about anyone to build a roughly equivalent machine out of standard parts. i.e. for the 4d version, a cheap and EZ version is just to put a 4-port ethernet card in each machine (nowadays you could use Gb Cu), crossover-connect them according the the vertex connection order, and set up the appropriate static routes on each machine to minimize inter-vertex distance. presumably, you should be able to put 3 such cards in each machine to build a 12d version (although the power and cooling requirements would rapidly get out of hand for that many power supplies and exhaust fans). s. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
