US Air Force builds supercomputer out of PS3s

[Billcoke]

http://www.gamepron.com/news/2010/11/30/us...er-out-of-ps3s/

 

 

 

 

Geeks like to make things by combining other things (just look at Minecraft), but the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has taken this to extremes, connecting 1,760 PlayStation 3 gaming consoles together to create a massive supercomputer.

 

The Condor Cluster is considered to be the fastest interactive computer in the entire Defense Department, so we

Edited July 5, 2011 by Billcoke

[Mustank]

wow!

[1fast1]

... under the control of Ohio’s Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

 

Where the aliens are. http://ufos.about.com/od/ufohistory/a/wp1.htm

 

It will be used largely to research into pattern recognition, artificial intelligence and radar enhancement, as well as to process ultra-high-resolution satellite imagery, looking at billions of pixels per minute. It will be used by Air Force service branches and centres all over the US.

 

Bullsh*t. The Roswell aliens are seriously gearing up to play Aliens: Colonial Marines when it's released.

Edited July 5, 2011 by Turboflat4

[I-LOVE-CARS]

Knn, how much is spent on the development of this 'SUPER COMPUTER'