[computer-go] 19x19 CGOS?

[Mark Boon]

I don't need to see a 19x19 server to tell me it's going to be too  
slow. But the question is how slow. So I think David Doshay had the  
right suggestion to try incrementally larger board-sizes. But there  
are a few limitations. One is that the increments still go in two's,  
as the board needs to be uneven in size. And you need humans willing  
to play the computers.

Personally I'd suggest 13x13. That used to be a common size for  
beginners when I started to play. If you can make a MC cluster that  
can play reasonably well on 13x13 then maybe there's hope for 19x19.

Does anybody have any idea where the multi-core CPU designs are  
taking us the next few decades? The SPS already has 7. Are we going  
to see 10,000 CPU computers?

Mark