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[[FILE:Bronsplåt pressbleck Öland vendeltid.jpg|border|right|thumb| Odin and Berzerk <ref>Bronze plates with raised images, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendel_era Vendel era], found in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96land Öland], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden Sweden]. Possibly representing the Berserk right from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin Odin], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker Berserker from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Zerker''',<br>
an announced chess entity developed by [[James Testa]], specified to run on a 32-bit [[Sun Microsystems|Sun]] [[SPARCstation]] (12 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructions_per_second mips]), written in [[C]], utilizing a 100 MB [[Transposition Table|hash table]] and the [[Berkeley Chess Microprocessor]], designed and developed by Testa and his advisor, [[Alvin M. Despain]] at [[University of California, Berkeley]] <ref>[[James Testa]], [[Alvin M. Despain]] ('''1990'''). ''[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=124744&contentType=Conference+Publications&searchWithin%3Dp_Authors%3A.QT.Testa%2C+J..QT. A CMOS VLSI chess microprocessor]''. [[University of California, Berkeley]], [[IEEE]] Custom Integrated Circuit Conference</ref>. Zerker was registered to play the [[ACM 1990]], and is mentioned in the tournament booklet with a speed of 7,000,000 moves per second <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cbb95 The 21st Annual ACM North American Computer Chess Championship] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1990_21st_NACCC/1990%20NACCC.062303065.sm.pdf pdf]</ref> , roughly three times faster than [[Deep Thought]] at that time <ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Quick+moves+claim+computer-chess+title.-a09145976 Quick moves claim computer-chess title - Free Online Library], November 24, 1990</ref> . Unfortunately, a damage of its Sun computer <ref>[[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1991'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=125497 The 21st ACM North American Computer Chess Championship]''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 34, No. 11</ref> during shipment from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California California] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan Manhattan] forced its withdrawal, and apparently, the project was later abandoned.
=Etymology=
Zerker is elated to or synonym <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_Star_Force_2 Mega Man Star Force 2 - Wikipedia]</ref> of Berzerker or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker Berserker], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings Norse] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrior warriors] who are reported in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse_literature Old Norse literature] to have fought in a nearly uncontrollable, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_trance trance-like] fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the English word berserk. The name berserker arose from their reputed habit of wearing a kind of shirt or coat ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse Old Norse]: serkr) <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker#Etymology Berserker - Etymology from Wikipedia]</ref>.
=See also=
* [[Berkeley Chess Microprocessor]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserk Berserk from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker Berserker from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker_%28disambiguation%29 Berserker (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoptygma_Berzerk Apoptygma Berzerk] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoptygma_Berzerk_discography Kathy's Song] <ref>[http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Kathy%27s-Song-Come-Lie-Next-to-Me-lyrics-Apoptygma-Berzerk/7436C0DAA250DD8948256DF00010AF48 Kathy's Song - Lyrics]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_there_be_light Let there be light - Wikipedia]</ref>, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5-9vIZyvTw?rel=0|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
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[[FILE:Bronsplåt pressbleck Öland vendeltid.jpg|border|right|thumb| Odin and Berzerk <ref>Bronze plates with raised images, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendel_era Vendel era], found in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96land Öland], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden Sweden]. Possibly representing the Berserk right from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin Odin], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker Berserker from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Zerker''',<br>
an announced chess entity developed by [[James Testa]], specified to run on a 32-bit [[Sun Microsystems|Sun]] [[SPARCstation]] (12 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructions_per_second mips]), written in [[C]], utilizing a 100 MB [[Transposition Table|hash table]] and the [[Berkeley Chess Microprocessor]], designed and developed by Testa and his advisor, [[Alvin M. Despain]] at [[University of California, Berkeley]] <ref>[[James Testa]], [[Alvin M. Despain]] ('''1990'''). ''[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=124744&contentType=Conference+Publications&searchWithin%3Dp_Authors%3A.QT.Testa%2C+J..QT. A CMOS VLSI chess microprocessor]''. [[University of California, Berkeley]], [[IEEE]] Custom Integrated Circuit Conference</ref>. Zerker was registered to play the [[ACM 1990]], and is mentioned in the tournament booklet with a speed of 7,000,000 moves per second <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cbb95 The 21st Annual ACM North American Computer Chess Championship] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1990_21st_NACCC/1990%20NACCC.062303065.sm.pdf pdf]</ref> , roughly three times faster than [[Deep Thought]] at that time <ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Quick+moves+claim+computer-chess+title.-a09145976 Quick moves claim computer-chess title - Free Online Library], November 24, 1990</ref> . Unfortunately, a damage of its Sun computer <ref>[[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1991'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=125497 The 21st ACM North American Computer Chess Championship]''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 34, No. 11</ref> during shipment from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California California] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan Manhattan] forced its withdrawal, and apparently, the project was later abandoned.
=Etymology=
Zerker is elated to or synonym <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_Star_Force_2 Mega Man Star Force 2 - Wikipedia]</ref> of Berzerker or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker Berserker], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings Norse] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrior warriors] who are reported in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse_literature Old Norse literature] to have fought in a nearly uncontrollable, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_trance trance-like] fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the English word berserk. The name berserker arose from their reputed habit of wearing a kind of shirt or coat ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse Old Norse]: serkr) <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker#Etymology Berserker - Etymology from Wikipedia]</ref>.
=See also=
* [[Berkeley Chess Microprocessor]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserk Berserk from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker Berserker from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker_%28disambiguation%29 Berserker (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoptygma_Berzerk Apoptygma Berzerk] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoptygma_Berzerk_discography Kathy's Song] <ref>[http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Kathy%27s-Song-Come-Lie-Next-to-Me-lyrics-Apoptygma-Berzerk/7436C0DAA250DD8948256DF00010AF48 Kathy's Song - Lyrics]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_there_be_light Let there be light - Wikipedia]</ref>, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5-9vIZyvTw?rel=0|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
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