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CAGiversary!
When Sony launched the PlayStation 3 in 2006, the company touted its IBM Cell processor as a “supercomputer on a chip.” Although game developers are only now beginning to take advantage of the PS3’s processing ability, the United States Air Force has taken the claim literally. Today, Stars and Stripes newspaper announced a $2 million government project to create a research supercomputer using 2,000 PS3s. The project will be headed by the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, New York.
The $2 million PlayStation 3 Supercomputer
The $2 million PlayStation 3 Supercomputer