What to do with $50,000 in Playstations

Almighty Colin · 05-27-2003

As perhaps the clearest evidence yet of the power of sophisticated but inexpensive 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 devices.

The resulting system, with components purchased at retail prices, cost a little more than $50,000. Researchers at the supercomputing center 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://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-1010037.html

gonzo · 05-27-2003

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Originally posted by Colin@May 27 2003, 08:56 AM
As perhaps the clearest evidence yet of the power of sophisticated but inexpensive 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 devices.

The resulting system, with components purchased at retail prices, cost a little more than $50,000. Researchers at the supercomputing center 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://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-1010037.html

All that power and it cant even play Boogerman for my NES.

Rictor · 05-28-2003

The Playstations didn't cost anywhere near $50,000. They must have needed some expensive hardware and software to set up the network.

DrGuile · 05-28-2003

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Originally posted by gonzo@May 27 2003, 10:02 PM
All that power and it cant even play Boogerman for my NES.

dont you mean Bomberman?

One of the true classics

Watsonian · 05-30-2003

But what could you do with the same amount of NES boxes?

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Rictor Members Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 207	The Playstations didn't cost anywhere near $50,000. They must have needed some expensive hardware and software to set up the network.

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Watsonian Members Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 13	But what could you do with the same amount of NES boxes?