Post: U.S. AirForce Creates 'Super Computer' Out of PS3's.
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12-01-2010, 04:56 AM
#1
TheBigRod
uh-may-zuh-zing
The 'Air Force Research Laboratory' has recently connected 1,760 Playstation 3's together to create what is said the fastest, most interactive computer in the Defense Department.
Originally posted by another user
The Condor Cluster, as the group of systems is known, also includes 168 separate graphical processing units and 84 coordinating servers in an parallel array capable of performing 500 trillion floating point operations per second (500 TFLOPS), according to AFRL Director of High Power Computing Mark Barnell.
Mark Barnell says that the total cost of The Condor Cluster is an estimate of $2 Million; which is 10% more expensive than a 'super computer' made out of regular computer parts. This has also taken 1/10 of the power connected to all the other super computers.
After the ribbon cutting on Wednesday, the super computer (housed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Rome, New York.) will be used for research in all branches & centers in all parts of the country.
The defense engineers worked with Sony, buying all of the Playstation 3's, they were uncapable of buying the 'Slim' models, because they did not work with Mac's, specifically 'OSX'.
Originally posted by another user
In 2000, it was widely reported that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was planning to string then-cutting-edge PlayStation 2 systems into a defense supercomputer, though UK intelligence sources dismissed the claims as "nonsense."
Why didn't they use Xbox's for a supercomputer to use with Mac OSX? The world may never know.
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12-01-2010, 08:02 AM
#11
ZoneHD
Shiver do you lift?
This was posted ages ago that they where doing it, i thought it was a joke but if there still on the 3.21 firmware well yeah it might work =D
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12-01-2010, 08:41 AM
#12
Hells
I'm Back...
Have you guys been hiding in a cave for the past few years? This is old news this is older news than when Sony got rid of the other os capability on the PS3
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12-01-2010, 10:26 AM
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-Illusionz
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Originally posted by TheBigRod
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12-01-2010, 10:39 AM
#14
RuffRage
Banned
I wonder if they found a way to downgrade. OR maybe they hack blackops haha jk
P.S. Lay off the guy, it may be old but atleast he's sharing.
P.S. Lay off the guy, it may be old but atleast he's sharing.
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12-01-2010, 11:12 AM
#15
jay2nice000
Gym leader
Good, now they can buy 1,760 xbox's (old model) and use them for the creation of a super heat system.
12-01-2010, 12:17 PM
#16
BestDayandAge
Are you high?
you see if they built it with xbox's if would over heated and got rrod in about 2 hours
with the ps3 u can keep that sh*t on all week long
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with the ps3 u can keep that sh*t on all week long
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12-01-2010, 01:57 PM
#18
xLeBron6James
LeBron > Kobe
Where in the hell do you find this stuff TBR?
P.S. Thanks for teh A =D
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