you know that the sony PS3 is like a mini supercomputer and that besides the main CPU are 8 sub CPUs to handle various tasks and such.

so i just spent some time reading how a univ of mass professor clustered 16 PS3s into a super duper supercomputer.

so if anyone's PS3 is just idling by, while you (and i) wait for GT5, i can sure use it... lol...

i promise not to hurt it.

my current project involves lots and lots of looping and average runs right now takes 24-48 hours. lots and lots...

 

I don't have a PS3, but clustering sounds interesting. I know that Virginia Tech clusters 1200 XServes with dual processors, which is pretty neat.

 

sooo whats the point of this clustering? do you wack off to them running like Bender does with wiring diagrams?

I am waiting for GT5...thats why i dont have a ps3 lol

 

read and learn, young obiwan...

http://www.power.org/resources/devco...llworkshop0606

<---- old computer science geek...

the theory is if one CPU can do job X in Y hours, then Z CPUs can do in faster...

in theory... lol...

now clustering brings many machines as a single source of computational power.

heck look at all of the distributed apps out there like SETI@HOME.

even the PS3 comes with an app called FOLDING@HOME to help stanford with their project...

http://folding.stanford.edu/

for linux, the clustering scheme is called BEOWULF. that's why i was disappointed when the movie BEOWULF came out last year. lol..............

 

i read about that...

for a while, they had the CHEAPEST, well bang for the buck supercomputer.

then i believe a japanese univ beat them with low cost PCs and *nix...

 

army of two is coming out next week man..... ARMY OF TWO!!!!!

 

will this mass cluster of CPU's magically take the Santa hat off your Duckman Av?

 

finally... someone that noticed... lol...

 

I've been a Folding@Home follower for some time. I recently upgraded to a x1950Pro. Upgraded to that specificly, just so I can run the GPU/SMP version of Folding. They say that they estimate that the GPU processes algorithms 20 to 25 times faster than my CPU.

 

I think the total cost of everything was $17mil when they did it. POCKET CHANGE for supercomputer. #3, possibly #2 in the world when it was built. I think at the time, #1 was the Earth Simulation Supercomputer in Japan. Approx $300mil or something.

 

i noticed Dec 26th! haha

a computer that folds! AWESOME! jk no need to explain

 

folding@home is a big waste of electricity.