PlayStation Supercomputer

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It's No Game: IBM Uses PlayStation Chip For New Supercomputer
InformationWeek, Sep 8, 2006 07:39 PM
By harnessing a processor originally built for the upcoming Sony PlayStation 3, IBM is building a new supercomputer that is expected to break the petaflop barrier by topping speedz of 1,000 trillion calculations per second.
The new computer, code-named Roadrunner, is a joint project between IBM and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where it will be installed
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IBM to build fastest supercomputer using PS3 chips
iTWire, Australia - Sep 7, 2006

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Good to see that they finally found something to do with all 7 cores of the PS3 chip, given that most game programmers are apparently having a hard time dealing with more than 2 of them at any given time...I'm sure Kutaragi is happy that Cell processor has found another customer (Kutaragi made a speech a few years back implying the chip had massive base of potential other uses in many consumer products)...pity the supercomputer market is a somewhat limited one.