The U.S.A.F’s PS3 Cluster
Holy crap!Published 09/12/2009 at 16:36 by Gastos84
You may remember that a week or so ago we brought you news of the United States Military’s intentions to create a PS3 cluster to aid them in their military endeavours. Well…
Ladies and gentlemen; introducing the PS3 cluster:
Image from San Francisco Chronicle
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Jas-n | 09/12/2009 16:38
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Hmmmmm, processing power.
A lot less expensive than actual CELL BE boards, you can get PCI ones for about £6k
bajere | 09/12/2009 16:59
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How does that work, im not up to tech specs on all this??? Surely the CELL chips would be cheaper on there own…
HDNdk | 09/12/2009 17:36
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they might be using it for gaming as well as research,
Aitrus | 09/12/2009 21:07
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Yeah, the US army all set up for training aka MAG!
TctclMvPhase | 09/12/2009 22:16
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No, because of the way the video game business is traditionally set-up the hardware is subsidized in order to profit off of software. If you summed up the components in the PS3 it would cost more than you pay for it. As mentioned above, its not just the cell, but the architecture to utilize it. Even if the processor can be had for $300 or so, building a system to have multiple cells work in tandem would likely be far more expensive.
double-o-dave | 09/12/2009 16:40
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I can see alot of YLOD issues unless that room is a fridge like our server room at work!
hazelam | 09/12/2009 16:40
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skynet, kill it now
BrendanCalls | 09/12/2009 16:43
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc - YOHIMBÉ!!!
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LOL, this made me chuckle
hazelam | 09/12/2009 16:46
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where’s christian bale when you need him?
Ryan1991 | 09/12/2009 17:03
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What, so he can shout explicits at them?
hazelam | 09/12/2009 17:22
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might work if he used his growly batman voice.
Ed the Penguin | 09/12/2009 18:07
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You mean he has other acting voices?
hazelam | 09/12/2009 21:04
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yeah growly and shouty.
hairfreax | 10/12/2009 09:55
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Id prefer a American Psycho witty rant then butcher
online4ntagonist | 09/12/2009 18:06
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i’ll go back in time and make sure their mom’s are never born, or something
jonny_bolton | 09/12/2009 22:38
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You forgot his “no higher than a mere whisper Equilibrium” voice.
Tuffcub | 10/12/2009 10:06
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I’m already on my way to Switzerland to go to the he Large Hardon Collider to use it to travel back in time and kill the designer of the PS3.
Aitrus | 10/12/2009 10:14
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The Large HARDON Collider?!?!? Freudian slip or Best. Spelling Mistake. Ever.
X_Yoshy_X | 09/12/2009 16:40
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nice i love them fats
kevatron400 | 09/12/2009 16:42
Don't call him Kevatron400.
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PS3splosion! That’s awesome.
jaksmakndaxter | 09/12/2009 16:42
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That’s alotta PS3’s. If the U.S.A.F has invested this much into PS3’s helping with research and other things I gotta believe that this is worthwhile. I would like a list of the things the system is doing for the country,especially since i pay the taxes for this program to work.
skibadee | 09/12/2009 16:43
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look at that power. don’t mess with the ps3 overlord lol.
cam the man | 09/12/2009 18:28
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I bet it gets pretty warm in there too.
BrendanCalls | 09/12/2009 16:45
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc - YOHIMBÉ!!!
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I bet the online play is still laggy and the XMB pauses for minutes at a time randomly,
pawski | 09/12/2009 16:45
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but they could only afford one telly….d’oh
cam the man | 09/12/2009 18:30
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If you bought all those PS3s how much would you have left to spend on tvs?
retroedward | 09/12/2009 16:46
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MAG lan party ?
RealBigGuns | 09/12/2009 16:46
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these guys must have some awesome MW2 LAN parties after quittin’ time!
MUKARKAR | 09/12/2009 16:47
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holy moly, looks like ps3 transformes.
DRCD1 | 09/12/2009 16:47
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So many… so many beautiful consoles…
FireasBall | 09/12/2009 16:50
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i would like to se how good that ”thing” can process some heavy rain. Love ps3
carlosfilippsen | 09/12/2009 16:50
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Nice. They will need a good cooling system in that room.