Deparment of Defense makes new supercomputer... out of PS3s

[Guitarded]

http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Supercomputer_made_out_of_1760_PS3s

The US Department of Defence has unveiled its fastest interactive computer - made out of 1,760 Playstation 3 consoles.

Dubbed the Condor Cluster, the new system is capable of performing 500 trillion floating point operations per second.

It will be used for quickly processing high-res satellite imagery, radar enhancement, and even research into artificial intelligence.

The consoles were used as they provide maximum computing power at a budget price.

I wouldn't be surprised if they used 1500 for the computer and distributed the rest to various Pentagon offices.

 

[Unicron]

"Budget price." They used up the available funding already?

 

[Haggis and tatties]

"Shall we play a game"

LOL

 

[thestrangequark]

^That's great.

 

[Snaploud]

"Shall we play a game"

LOL

Have we learned nothing from 80s cinema? You don't create Terminators, and you sure as !#$& don't use a gaming system as part of a Department of Defense project.

 

[FPAlpha]

I remember back in the day it was prohibited to export PS2 or Xboxes (can't remember exactly) to Iran and Iraq because they could be used in guidance systems for missiles.

 

[tharpdevenport]

Shit, odesn't China make Playstation 3 consoles? We're fucked -- they have enough to decimate us.

http://trekbbs.com/picture.php?albumid=48&pictureid=2650

Or as Kim Dong-il calls it: "Monday"

 

[137th Gebirg]

This sounds like a violation of the Sony End-User License.

 

[tharpdevenport]

Sony should sue the U.S. government then.

 

[ManOnTheWave]

I remember back in the day it was prohibited to export PS2 or Xboxes (can't remember exactly) to Iran and Iraq because they could be used in guidance systems for missiles.

I remember that as well. When the XBox was new, supposedly Saddam had a plan to network gobs of them into a super computer.

 

[Holdfast]

I remember back in the day it was prohibited to export PS2 or Xboxes (can't remember exactly) to Iran and Iraq because they could be used in guidance systems for missiles.

I remember that as well. When the XBox was new, supposedly Saddam had a plan to network gobs of them into a super computer.

Considering how he was captured, he clearly didn't learn anything from playing so much Halo.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I shudder to think what will happen when they master the Wii.

 

[O'Dib]

They have to nail wee wee first.

 

[Holdfast]

I shudder to think what will happen when they master the Wii.

Yeah, then they'll figure out Kinect, and soon after, they'll be so desensitised to all the simulated violence that they'll start killing people for real...

... hang on, wait a minute...

 

[RJDiogenes]

Or maybe they'll become so embroiled in Super Mario Cart that they'll stop killing people for real.

 

[Holdfast]

Are you kidding? A couple of hits from a blue shell, and they'll be so cheesed off that half the world would be nuked.

 

[RJDiogenes]

And I was so sure Princess Peach would bring peace to the world.

 

[Captain Shaw]

Or maybe they'll become so embroiled in Super Mario Cart that they'll stop killing people for real.

Maybe we should solve all world conflicts with a game of Mario cart.

 

[RoJoHen]

Or maybe they'll become so embroiled in Super Mario Cart that they'll stop killing people for real.

Maybe we should solve all world conflicts with a game of Mario cart.

There's no maybe about it.

 

[Davros]

I remember back in the day it was prohibited to export PS2 or Xboxes (can't remember exactly) to Iran and Iraq because they could be used in guidance systems for missiles.

I remember something similar concerning Matel Electronic Football and the Soviet Union.