PS3 Has A Scientific Meaning

Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
edited May 2006 in Science & Tech
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

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  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited May 2006
    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:
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited May 2006
    yeah But it is still good rediscovered news!
  • V-PV-P State College, PA Member
    edited May 2006
    And they say video games rot your mind...
  • MadballMadball Fort Benton, MT
    edited May 2006
    How well does it fold then?
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited May 2006
    Madball wrote:
    How well does it fold then?

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