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AbeCollins

In Reply to: RE: The PS3 is a flaming supercomputer posted by Brian A on August 19, 2009 at 16:50:14

Sony and IBM lose money on every PS3 they sell. Sun makes a small amount on each one from the Java licensing. In any case, there are many examples of the PS3 being used to create supercomputing clusters for scientific research.

Sony PS3 Clusters (Open in New Window)

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the new slim won't - Joe Murphy Jr 17:59:12 08/24/09 (2)
Seems they aren't going to include this feature on the upcoming model.
- No more option to run the Linux OS ? - AbeCollins 19:53:15 08/25/09 (1)
  Maybe IBM has other plans for their cell processor and don't want supercomputing hacks taking advantage of it in a $299 box when IBM can charge much more for it one of their servers ??
  - nope - Joe Murphy Jr 18:00:08 08/26/09 (0)
    Seems they are not allowing it in the slimmer model. Also, one of the stories that Engadget is that there is a 250GB version waiting in the wings. We shall see...
    
    Then again, 1TB SATA drives are going for $70 on occassion. Why go to 250GB when you can take the 120GB way beyond? Just buy a 1TB drive and stick it in the 120GB PS3 Slim.

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