sdy284 Posted December 5, 2006 Posted December 5, 2006 CNN Article OCC News Post The chess match between Garry Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue in 1997 was the showdown of man vs. machine: the world's greatest chess player verses the world's greatest chess-playing computer. Deep Blue, a supercomputer that could calculate more than 200 million moves a second, defeated Kasparov 2 games to 1, with three games ending in a draw. Deep Blue's match win was the first by a chess-playing computer in a traditional format over a reigning world champion. Fast-forward nine years and supercomputers -- systems with multiple processors, huge memories and storage, and special software for performing the world's most complex calculations -- are doing far more than checkmating grandmasters. Today's supercomputers are ensuring the nation's nuclear stockpile, forecasting weather, designing safer more fuel-efficient cars, mapping DNA, exploring the cosmos and even creating potato chips. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoArmistead Posted December 5, 2006 Posted December 5, 2006 Mapping the human genome? forecasting unforseeable events? Hah! mehh... when my computer is able to spit out a plate of hot apple pie and vanilla ice cream, THEN I'll be impressed <_< Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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