Your Tax Dollars Well Spent

UCI CamaroFan · 02-01-2010, 02:18 PM

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/p...m-ps3s/1387199

Maybe they can buy me one too.

FenwickHockey65 · 02-01-2010, 03:33 PM

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Before you complain about your tax dollars being spent on toys, the machines aren't for gaming.

BS. You know that flat screen's there so the fly boys can play GTA.

Xanthos · 02-01-2010, 03:38 PM

Well, in all truthfullness this setup would save them over a half million dollars over a traditional distributed processing supercomputer. At least compared to the one that the National Weather Center uses to run its simulations.
- X

*DGthe3* · 02-02-2010, 12:58 PM

The PS3 is much more powerful than most people realize. They are being used in distributed computing networks understand things like protein folding and are 10-20x more powerful than typical desktops

Brokinarrow · 02-02-2010, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Xanthos

Well, in all truthfullness this setup would save them over a half million dollars over a traditional distributed processing supercomputer. At least compared to the one that the National Weather Center uses to run its simulations.
- X

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Originally Posted by DGthe3

The PS3 is much more powerful than most people realize. They are being used in distributed computing networks understand things like protein folding and are 10-20x more powerful than typical desktops

I give them props for thinking outside the box with this setup.

PQ · 02-02-2010, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Brokinarrow

I give them props for thinking outside the box with this setup.

IF it'll work.

*CamaroSpike23* · 02-02-2010, 03:07 PM

go Air Force

*Mr. Wyndham* · 02-02-2010, 03:17 PM

A gaming system? And a Sony, at that....

I suppose the graphics cards will help with image recognition....

...odd that they wouldn't just purpose-build something like this for themselves.

*DGthe3* · 02-02-2010, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by PQ

IF it'll work.

It will. Fundamentally, its not very different from most supercomputers out there. And it sounds like it could be functionally identical to the largest super computer in the world, the series of BIONIC ____@home distributed computing projects (largest of these is SETI@home).

MrIcky · 02-02-2010, 03:29 PM

It works, not the first time it's been done. Very cheap way to build a supercomputer relatively speaking. They're also using the latest greatest graphics cards to build supercomputers too.

Here's a guide to doing it yourself: http://www.ps3cluster.umassd.edu/

*DGthe3* · 02-02-2010, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragoneye

A gaming system? And a Sony, at that....

I suppose the graphics cards will help with image recognition....

...odd that they wouldn't just purpose-build something like this for themselves.

Its more about the processor. Each one is capable of performing several calculations simultaneously, and can do as many calculations per core as any other high-end processor. And it doesn't care what its calculating, they're all just 1's and 0's to it. Plus, with a purpose built system you need to physically integrate all the components together, building a series of computers and connect them all together. With this, all you need to do is develop software and data links. And if that is the case, it is easily scalable.

Think of it as being similar to battery power. If you want ... 9V you could go out and buy a single 9V battery, design one yourself, or get 6 AA in series. But what happens if you want to upgrade to from 9V to 24V. You can toss out the 9V, design a new 24V battery, or add 10 more AA's.

ssump29 · 02-02-2010, 04:02 PM

This is sooooooooo old news. They have been working and doing this since 2006. Nothing to see here.

BlackSunsine · 02-03-2010, 02:10 PM

As if our Tax dollars are ever spent well.

And when it comes to the Air Farce, they always have some of the best techno stuff.
The need it to think for them.

Brokinarrow · 02-03-2010, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackSunsine

As if our Tax dollars are ever spent well.

And when it comes to the Air Farce, they always have some of the best techno stuff.
The need it to think for them.

? are you implying the Air Force is not intelligent? Cuz that seems kind of ridiculous to me...

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MrIcky Drives: Dodge Ram Megacab & Cobalt SS Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Boise Posts: 1,536	It works, not the first time it's been done. Very cheap way to build a supercomputer relatively speaking. They're also using the latest greatest graphics cards to build supercomputers too. Here's a guide to doing it yourself: http://www.ps3cluster.umassd.edu/

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