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'''Hydra''',<br/>
was a chess playing entity based on a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrinet Myrinet] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_(computing) computer cluster] consisting of [[FPGA|FPGAs]] and [[x86]] PCs.
Hydra was the continuous development of of the [[ChessBase]] funded FPGA project called [[Brutus]] by [[Chrilly Donninger]] et al. now under the patronage of the ''Pal Group of Companies'' <ref>[http://www.palgroup.com/ Pal Group of Companies]</ref> and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh Sheikh] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahnoun_bin_Mohammed_Al_Nahyan Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nahyan] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Nahyan_family Al Nahyan family from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_%28chess%29 Hydra (chess) from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[http://gsec.abudhabi.ae/Sites/GSEC/Navigation/EN/ExecutiveCouncil/picture-gallery.html The General Secretariat of the Executive Council - Abu Dhabi - Members' Profiles]</ref> of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_%28city%29 Abu Dhabi], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates United Arab Emirates].
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