Japanese Super Chess Computer
For the past few years, the battle between humans and computers continues. Until now, a single question remains in many grandmasters and advanced players from around the world. Who will win the battle between humans and computers? It’s been a decade since a hi-powered “Deep Blue computer” won against the international master Gary Kasparov in a real chess match, but then, many of us are still wondering about this issue. Computers have been created because of man’s innovative thinking. But then, how come computers seem to be more intelligent than man? On the first place, we have the advantage because we are living in this world for many years compare to computers which are only recently created. Is this the product of man’s thinking, to create a machine which is better than his mental ability?
In the modern age, we can say that technology is really far from its previous standing. Unlike, the traditional on board chess before, now chess can be played using electronic chess boards and high powered computers. When it comes to chess, the wrong perception still remains on our minds. According to many computers are no much to humans when it comes to playing chess. For the second time around, we get the wrong idea about computer’s real ability. Although, they can’t come up with their feelings and emotions, No doubt about, computers are still the winner in the game chess. These days we have the latest super chess computer beast “SPACE TECH”.
Japanese are known for their extensive knowledge in electronics. This time they have created the most innovative and the most powerful version of super chess computer named “Space Tech”. SPACE TECH was created and developed by Fujitso LLC. After six months of testing, the machine has an estimated Elo rating of 3,500 which is really far from the recent version of Rybka. This features 8GB memory, 1-TB SATA drive support and Quad-core Xeon processors. The system is also great as it can provide up to 2TB/ hour of aggregate in line and 700 gigabyte per stream. SPACE can also handle 36TB of raw capacity and a data reduction of up to 1.3PB.
Other features include:
• Most recent endgame analysis which include seven-piece endgame.
• chess data base of over 4,000,000 games
• Most recent openings
• Secret analysis from top Russian Grandmasters.
Because of its powerful specs, many of the world’s famous agencies have showed their great interest with the said chess cyborg. As of now, NASA is planning to use the machine as the supreme commander for the upcoming space exploration.
After all the questions in your mind, whom do you think could win the chess battle between humans and computers? Well, it’s up to you to guest. But more than anything else, you should bear and mind that computers are just machines created for specific tasks. Perhaps they are good in chess but weak in some fields. No matter how powerful computers are, still they have their flaws. You should bear in mind that without humans computers are useless.
MMA Pound for Pound: The Best of the Best
UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva is currently heading the MMA pack thanks to Fedor Emelianenko's lack of activity. Will more matches by the Last Emperor help him restore balance to the list, or will Silva's hot winning streak elevate him to the point of reaching the MMA pound for pound Valhalla? Let's just wait and see.
- 1. Anderson Silva (25-4): He isn't only the current UFC Middleweight Champion; he is also the only mixed martial artist who has the lengthiest active winning streak in the UFC to date as well as the longest winning streak in UFC history period. As already mentioned, he's the king of the mountain right now because of his activity and dominance.
- 2. Georges St. Pierre (19-2): This Canadian UFC Welterweight Champion has made a name for himself by beating several fellow pound-for-pound champions in the MMA sport, which is why he's able to rank higher on this list than top fighters like the unstoppable Fedor Emelianenko or the talented BJ Penn.
- 3. Fedor Emelianenko (31-1): By dominating worthy opponents in organizations like the World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts and Pride, this Russian steamroller has proven himself to be everything an MMA champion should be. His accolades and achievements speak for themselves.
- 4. BJ Penn (15-5-1): This Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner who's the only other fighter to win UFC titles in two different weight classes is talent and potential personified. If you're still in doubt of that, then ask Diego Sanchez what he thinks about Penn.
- 5. Lyoto Machida (16-0): Although this Shotokan karate expert may have marred his image a bit with a questionable win over Mauricio Rua, he is still the extremely elusive and unsolvable counter puncher that's the man to beat in the light heavyweight division.
- 6. Jose Aldo (16-1): Even with his one loss, people are still hard-pressed to come up with featherweight competition that's good enough to put this jiu-jitsu master and powerful striker down. Indeed, combining knockout power plus excellent ground game in one man equals a formidable opponent.
- 7. Mauricio Rua (18-4): Quite a lot of people agree that Rua should have a 19-3 record instead of an 18-4 one, but what's done is done. Controversy aside, Shogun is still renowned for his wins over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Ricardo Arona, Alistair Overeem, Quinton Jackson, and Chuck Liddell.
- 8. Dan Henderson (25-7): This former Olympic wrestler and present MMA fighter is the holder of Pride's last welterweight and middleweight championship belts. He also held the 1999 Rings King of Kings Tournament Championship, the Pride 2005 Welterweight Championship, and the UFC 17 Middleweight Championship.
- 9. Miguel Torres (37-2): This premiere warrior of the World Extreme Cagefighting organization and ex-WEC Bantamweight Champion is a specialist when it comes to jiu-jitsu. Meanwhile, his muay thai background helps make him a well-rounded fighter all-in-all. This little man's excellent ground game and striking proficiency makes him a big threat in his division.
- 10. Gegard Mousasi (27-2-1): This kickboxer and MMA fighter extraordinaire is the current Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion, the former Cage Warriors Middleweight Champion, and the former Dream Middleweight Champion. What's more, he's also known as the sixth best light heavyweight MMA fighter in the world.