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Cap'n 1time
May 19th, 2005, 17:27
Just a thought. Currently the worlds fastest super computer is Blue Gene/L which has the ability to perform 135.5 trillion operations per second. According to ign, the ps3 clocks in at 2.0 teraflops per second (even though most specs sheets say 1.8). Now the over 1000 processors. Mabey some crazy rich person might come up the idea of buying 100 PS3's hacking linux on them and clustering. That would not only top the worlds fastest super computer, but also would probably be much cheaper than the Blue Gene/L.

Read about the Blue Gene/L
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4379261.stm