Supercomputer made from many PlayStation 2s

From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Mon May 26 2003 - 17:52:10 MDT

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    "As perhaps the clearest evidence yet of the computing power of
    sophisticated but inexpensive video-game consoles, the National Center for
    Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at
    Urbana-Champaign has assembled a supercomputer from an army of Sony
    PlayStation 2's.

    The resulting system, with components purchased at retail prices, cost a
    little more than $50,000. The center's researchers believe the system may be
    capable of a half trillion operations a second, well within the definition
    of supercomputer, although it may not rank among the world's 500 fastest
    supercomputers."

    http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/26/technology/26XSUPE.html?th

    Emlyn

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