[SunkenCiv]

graphic from another, related story:

This is a graphic of one black hole spiraling into another. It is representative of the problems Prof. Khanna is analyzing.

Gaurav Khanna ps3:

Google

[SunkenCiv]

From PlayStation to Supercomputer for $50,000
New York Times | 2003-05-26 | By JOHN MARKOFF
Posted on 05/26/2003 9:27:15 AM EDT by Lessismore
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/917846/posts

Sony: PlayStation 3 Can Help Cure Cancer
Fox News.com | Wednesday, November 22, 2006 | Assoicated Press
Posted on 12/05/2006 1:01:59 PM EST by sportutegrl
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1748815/posts

PlayStation 3 gives Blu-ray disc sales a boost
GamesDog | 5/23/2007
Posted on 05/24/2007 2:11:49 PM EDT by HamiltonJay
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839164/posts

HD VMD to Battle Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD
PC World | 08 September 2007 | Alan Stafford
Posted on 09/10/2007 11:20:25 PM EDT by ShadowAce
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1894373/posts

Slaughter: Horror at Sony’s depraved
promotion stunt with decapitated goat
Evening Standard | 4-28-07
Posted on 04/28/2007 8:47:23 PM EDT by Snickering Hound
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1825327/posts

“video of a real OS being loaded on the PS3.” — ShadowAce (thanks!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45eNPrIT9Qw

[SunkenCiv]

the list, plus Ernest.

[CarrotAndStick]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_microprocessor

The Cell architecture is one of the most powerful processor designs out there. The supercomputer abilities of these processors in parallel was known right from the time in debuted.

[SunkenCiv]

Folding@home - The PS3 and Post-PetaFLOP
Folding@home: The Science | 09/18/2007 | PandeGroup
Posted on 10/04/2007 12:20:01 PM EDT by texas booster
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1906532/posts

PS3 network enters record books
Last Updated: Friday, 2 November 2007, 10:41 GMT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7074547.stm

[snip] A project that harnesses the spare processing power of Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3) to help understand the cause of diseases has entered the record books. Guinness World Records has recognised folding@home (FAH) as the world’s most powerful distributed computing network. [end]

[highlander_UW]

Good thing, because it doesn’t seem to be catching on much as a gaming platform.

[freedom1st]

Didn’t the computer geniuses at Virginia Tech put together a bunch of Apple computers to make a super computer?

[SunkenCiv]

from the working file:

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[texas booster]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1929553/posts

Current Folding@home thread.

It is pretty amazing what Sony has built around the Cell processor.

I understand that IBM and ATIAMD are working together on future projects ...

[RayChuang88]

What's interesting is that the idea of building a supercomputer on the cheap by running a whole bunch of identical PC-class machines in massively parallel fashion has been around for many years. Remember the Beowulf clustering project for Linux-based computers? I knew one biotech company clustered 1,000 identical small tower PC machines running Intel Pentium III 800 MHz CPU's using Beowulf clustering software and was able to achieve supercomputer-like results for DNA research; today, with "blade" server machines, 1,000 identical CPU's could be clustered together in a room about the size of the living room of most family sized houses--and the CPU's will all be quad-core Intel Xeon processors.

[SunkenCiv]

Folding@home - Make a Diffrence With Those New Computers
Folding@home at Stanford University | 11/23/2007 | Texas Booster
Posted on 11/23/2007 7:47:21 AM EST by texas booster
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1929553/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Maryland Professor Creates Desktop Supercomputer
PhysOrg | 6/26/07
Posted on 06/27/2007 2:50:49 PM EDT by LibWhacker
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857209/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Toshiba, NEC Electronics to team up on 32-nm chips
Reuters | Tuesday, November 27, 2007 | Mayumi Negishi
Posted on 12/06/2007 10:59:31 AM EST by SunkenCiv
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

[SunkenCiv]

Folding@home - Make a Diffrence With Those New Computers
Folding@home at Stanford University | 11/23/2007 | Texas Booster
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
Stanford University Pande Group | April 5, 2007 | Stanford University
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

[SunkenCiv]

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

[SunkenCiv]

S3 Chip Goes To War
Red Herring | October 12, 2006
Posted on 10/16/2006 1:03:09 PM EDT by Straight Vermonter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720323/posts

[SunkenCiv]

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

[SunkenCiv]

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
Posted on 02/14/2008 9:20:09 PM EST by Snickering Hound
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)
Pocket Lint (Gadget News and Reviews: UK) | 15 February 2008 8:57 GMT | Amy-Mae Elliott
Posted on 02/15/2008 4:39:43 PM EST by Paleo Conservative
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971098/posts

[SunkenCiv]

How the PS3 led Blu-ray’s triumph
BBC News | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 | Will Smale
Posted on 02/20/2008 3:33:34 AM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1973200/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Toshiba helps Sony cut PS3 production costs
TechSpot.com | February 20, 2008 | Jose Vilches
Posted on 02/23/2008 10:51:26 PM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1975292/posts

[SunkenCiv]

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