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."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.softpedia.com ...
Kind of like Betamax...
Mark
Maybe you’d prefer my Silly String Theory Ping List instead? ;’)
Really, I just pinged you because of the PS3 / supercomputing angle. :’D
The best part of that idea was that the CPUs in a lot of these projects were considered obsolete, but in any case (heh) had been superseded and would have otherwise been disposed of somewhere. :’)
Ping.
They’re playing our song!
Folding@home - Make a Diffrence With Those New Computers
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Maryland Professor Creates Desktop Supercomputer
PhysOrg | 6/26/07
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857209/posts
Toshiba, NEC Electronics to team up on 32-nm chips
Reuters | Tuesday, November 27, 2007 | Mayumi Negishi
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935636/posts
Getting more from Moore’s Law
BBC News | Tuesday, November 13, 2007 | Jonathan Fildes
Posted on 12/06/2007 1:57:44 PM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1935727/posts
Folding@home - Make a Diffrence With Those New Computers
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Posted on 11/23/2007 7:47:21 AM EST by texas booster
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1929553/posts
FR Folding@Home Project Update - Sony PS3 Will Impact Huntingdon’s Disease
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Posted on 04/06/2007 1:04:12 PM EDT by texas booster
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1813171/posts
FR Folding@Home Project Update - Sony Playstation 3 Makes Its Debut!
Fox News Technology | 03/23/2007 | LOU KESTEN, Associated Press Writer
Posted on 03/24/2007 12:31:00 AM EDT by texas booster
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1805959/posts
bttt
Apple intros new Mac Pro, the fastest Mac ever with eight processor cores standard
Mac Daily News | Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 08:37 AM EST
Posted on 01/08/2008 9:52:47 PM EST by Swordmaker
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1950626/posts
S3 Chip Goes To War
Red Herring | October 12, 2006
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720323/posts
Doctors use Wii games for rehab therapy
kentucky.com | Feb. 09, 2008 | LINDSEY TANNER
Posted on 02/11/2008 1:19:32 PM EST by neverdem
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1968567/posts
Wal-Mart to only sell Blu-ray DVDs
Yahoo News/REUTERS | Feb. 15th 2008 | Reporting by Franklin Paul; editing by Phil Berlowitz
Posted on 02/15/2008 2:48:58 PM EST by Mad Dawgg
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971031/posts
and
Toshiba to drop HD DVD, sources say
Hollywood Reporter | 2-15-08 | Thomas K. Arnold and Erik Gruenwedel
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970636/posts
Toshiba to pull the plug on HD DVD?
(Rumoured to be conceding defeat in format war)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971098/posts
How the PS3 led Blu-ray’s triumph
BBC News | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 | Will Smale
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1973200/posts
Toshiba helps Sony cut PS3 production costs
TechSpot.com | February 20, 2008 | Jose Vilches
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1975292/posts
IBM explores 67.1m-core computer for running entire internet
The Register | 5 February 2008 | Ashlee Vance
Posted on 02/06/2008 3:29:12 PM EST by ShadowAce
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966018/posts
Could you add me to the ping list? Thanks.
Thanks for the reply. I don’t have a list for this. The closest is probably Las Vegas Dave’s HDTV list.
Oh, sorry, I see, the String Theory list? Will do.
The PS3 is priced in the wheelhouse of the next gen consoles. $399 for a gaming system with a 40 gig drive, built in wireless and a blu-ray player isn’t that bad. It’s cheaper than an Xbox360 with the hard drive and wireless adapter — and that’s without Blu-ray.
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