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Playstation 3: 16 Trillion FLOPS per second.
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Send message Joined: 2 Sep 04 Posts: 378 Credit: 10,765 RAC: 0 |
I might get one and chuck linux on it. .. in 2006. excerpt: "... When put inside powerful computer servers, the Cell consortium expects it to be capable of handling 16 trillion floating point operations, or calculations, every second. ..." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4051983.stm ______________________________________________________________ Member of the Carl Sagan team. |
Send message Joined: 25 Oct 04 Posts: 19 Credit: 2,580 RAC: 0 |
Cell will not be used in the ps3. |
Send message Joined: 1 Sep 04 Posts: 506 Credit: 118,619 RAC: 0 |
> Cell will not be used in the ps3. > > > > No? What about this story on the BBC site? Giskard - the first telepathic robot. |
Send message Joined: 2 Sep 04 Posts: 378 Credit: 10,765 RAC: 0 |
Or this site. http://www-03.ibm.com/chips/news/2004/1129_cell1.html "On-chip hardware in support of security system for intellectual property protection." means you won't be able to pirate Playstation3 games. ______________________________________________________________ Member of the Carl Sagan team. |
Send message Joined: 17 Sep 04 Posts: 9 Credit: 4,507 RAC: 0 |
> Cell will not be used in the ps3. > > > > A cell processor will be used in the PS3, it has been officialy anounced since 2001 by sony itself. The PS3 could the most powerfully console microsft will have its handsfull. |
Send message Joined: 28 Sep 04 Posts: 3 Credit: 1,091 RAC: 0 |
Will this very fast chip or what ever - ever be availeable to private machines, and while we wait, does any one of you know, if it is possible to hook up one of the versions of BOINC to run on a PS3 to help crunch a lot of work fast (a S@h WU in less than one second)? |
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