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Sledgehammer70
30 May 2006, 05:02pm
It Looks as if the PS3's STI Cell processor has more than just gamers excited. The US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has showed that the Cell architecture had tremendous potential for scientific computations in terms of performance and power efficiency.

The Labs have been doing tests on the chip to see if it has any potential beyond shoot-em-ups and has come to the conclusion that it could be the next big thing for scientific computing.
Source: The Inquirer (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32006)

drasnor
30 May 2006, 10:13pm
We knew this a year ago but I suppose it's official now. It's a highly parallel vector processor. Most scientific and engineering applications are highly parallel vector systems. "Jack, meet Jill."

-drasnor :fold:

Sledgehammer70
30 May 2006, 11:41pm
yeah But it is still good rediscovered news!

V|P
31 May 2006, 02:49am
And they say video games rot your mind...

Madball
31 May 2006, 03:42am
How well does it fold then?

RWB
31 May 2006, 04:27am
How well does it fold then?

We shall find out since it can run Linux supposedly. Of course it's still vaporware IMHO.:banghead: