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Chris Bryant

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Posted: 06/11/08 07:58am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

The new RoadRunner super computer at Los Alamos labs- right now the fastest in the world- http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=332&tag=nl.e539.
The funny thing is- it's based on the Sony play station .
More info at http://lanl.gov/news/index.php/fuseaction/1663.article/d/200805/id/13277.


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HedoTravelers

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Not exactly based on the PS3. But it does use their cell processor.
I own a PS3 and follow some forums related to it. That story has been all the buzz lately.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=190663


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Here's one made out of actual PS3s. www.physorg.com/news92674403.html

His cluster of eight PS3 machines – the first such academic cluster in the world – packs the power of a small supercomputer, but at a total cost of about $5,000,...

CISCO8325

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now I have to worry about fixing ps3 .Well I need to go to training on this one..LOL

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david_42 wrote:

Here's one made out of actual PS3s. www.physorg.com/news92674403.html

His cluster of eight PS3 machines – the first such academic cluster in the world – packs the power of a small supercomputer, but at a total cost of about $5,000,...


Take a peek at this PS3 cluster...



It runs the smash online game WarHawk. Very impressive.

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