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From PlayStation to Supercomputer for $50,000
by bucy at 8:37 pm EDT, May 26, 2003 |
] s perhaps the clearest evidence yet of the computing
] power of sophisticated but inexpensive video-game
] consoles, the National Center for Supercomputing
] Applications at the University of Illinois at
] Urbana-Champaign has assembled a supercomputer from an
] army of Sony PlayStation 2's.
]
] The resulting system, with components purchased at retail
] prices, cost a little more than $50,000. The center's
] researchers believe the system may be capable of a half
] trillion operations a second, well within the definition
] of supercomputer, although it may not rank among the
] world's 500 fastest supercomputers. HAH! |
From PlayStation to Supercomputer for $50,000
by wilpig at 9:55 pm EDT, May 26, 2003 |
] It's perhaps the clearest evidence yet of the computing
] power of sophisticated but inexpensive video-game
] consoles, the National Center for Supercomputing
] Applications at the University of Illinois at
] Urbana-Champaign has assembled a supercomputer from an
] army of Sony PlayStation 2's.
]
] The resulting system, with components purchased at retail
] prices, cost a little more than $50,000. The center's
] researchers believe the system may be capable of a half
] trillion operations a second, well within the definition
] of supercomputer, although it may not rank among the
] world's 500 fastest supercomputers. HAH! |
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