In the info for Zen19N it still says "Mac Pro 8 core". Is the info outdated, or will the hardware be upgraded for the match?
Stefan On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 2:19 AM, Darren Cook <dar...@dcook.org> wrote: > > Just returned from a visit to KGS where Zen seems to have struggled a > > bit in recent games. Maybe they're testing out some new ideas? The 9:55 > > game against vicmorrow stands out. > > Zen19N is the hardware configuration to be used in the GoBet II match, > starting Saturday (or Friday evening if you are in the U.S.); hardware > is described at http://dcook.org/gobet/ > > It is half the number of cores of Zen19S and Zen19D (12 4.2Ghz cores, > versus 24 cores of differing speeds on three machines). That account was > previously used by an 8-core Mac Pro (*) > So, we expected its speed to be roughly halfway between its previous > existence and Zen19S. (Which shouldn't matter much, maybe half a dan rank.) > > It seems to have bounced back from the vicmorrow loss. Perhaps John can > learn something from that game ;-) > > BTW, I realized yesterday, with no personal involvement, I am rooting > for both players! The voting also has no clear consensus (well, other > than that 57% of people think it will be 3-1 to *someone*). > > Darren > > *: Why does the KGS rank chart show lots of wobbles in Nov/Dec 2011, > when this account did not play between Nov 17th and Jan 13th? It seems > to have jumped slightly more than one full rank in strength. > > -- > Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer > > http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work) > http://dcook.org/blogs.html (My blogs and articles) > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > Computer-go@dvandva.org > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
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