Posted on 11/25/2007 10:38:14 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Dr Gaurav Khanna is a professor at the University of Massachusetts. He has been renting supercomputers at NASA and the US National Science Foundation for US$20,000-$30,000 a year to run complicated calculations on just how much radiation is emitted in the process of a black hole swallowing a star... "For US$4,000 or so, I can get eight PS3s that can do the same task that I'd do on a supercomputer. For a one-time cost, I have this resource I can use privately. I can use it indefinitely over and over again. That's hugely attractive. That's why I considered the project. I have my own supercomputer right here. There's no elaborate process for getting time. There's no waiting. It's just mine." ...the professor claims it has "has a lot more potential -- a better processor in my opinion," he said. "What's unique is that they (Sony) made it an open platform. Normally with a game console, the maker controls who can run what on it. What Sony did was make the PS3 an open platform. They let you run whatever you want on it. It has the full capabilities of a normal computer. You can run Firefox or whatever you want. It gave me the possibility of doing whatever I want with it."
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Very true. The price has fallen recently; a year or so ago, it was pretty expensive compared to the alternatives.
If I was going for a gaming console, I’d choose a PS3.
Okay, may have found my next computer...
Yellow Dog Linux for PS3:
http://www.helios.de/support/ps3_install.phtml
Add-on PlayStation 3 HDD will run Linux ~~ Hmmmm!!!
gamespot | Friday, June 10, 2005 | staff
Posted on 06/10/2005 4:30:49 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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