Actually, I do genetic algorithm / genetic programming research at the university of michigan. It's unlikely that these guys are using genetic algorithms to develop a new algorithm, but are rather using an existing algorithm and *tuning* the associated parameters using a GA.
Given a list of parameters, GA's work by finding the best combination of parameters.
As a result, the settings could be constantly tweaked (say on a daily/hourly basis) and different servers could still have different regional settings.
My only problem with the concept is that it still depends on the tuning of pre-existing algorithms... but still - the results they share (2x improvement) is encouraging.
Has anyone actually checked on the price? Take a gander over at http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInforma tion/0,,30_118_609,00.html?redir=CPT301 The new 150/250/850 models are $637/$851/$1514 comparatively. Compare that to the *48 models, which are still expensive.
Does AMDs increased market share herald a a new strategy from AMD? Back "in the day" we all used to love AMDs more than Intels because of the great performance/cost ratio.
I would love to have a pair of opterons, but the prices are ridiculous. I miss the old AMD...
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It's all about subversion . Quite mature - can import former CVS collections, too.
Thanks - sadly I *did* miss out on GECCO. I'll check out their paper on Springer's site.
Actually, I do genetic algorithm / genetic programming research at the university of michigan. It's unlikely that these guys are using genetic algorithms to develop a new algorithm, but are rather using an existing algorithm and *tuning* the associated parameters using a GA. Given a list of parameters, GA's work by finding the best combination of parameters. As a result, the settings could be constantly tweaked (say on a daily/hourly basis) and different servers could still have different regional settings. My only problem with the concept is that it still depends on the tuning of pre-existing algorithms... but still - the results they share (2x improvement) is encouraging.
Has anyone actually checked on the price? Take a gander over at http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInforma tion/0,,30_118_609,00.html?redir=CPT301 The new 150/250/850 models are $637/$851/$1514 comparatively. Compare that to the *48 models, which are still expensive.
Does AMDs increased market share herald a a new strategy from AMD? Back "in the day" we all used to love AMDs more than Intels because of the great performance/cost ratio.
I would love to have a pair of opterons, but the prices are ridiculous. I miss the old AMD...