Today I came across very interesting news, which makes a perfect continuation of the previous post. Once again, I got convinced that PlayStation is far better computing horse than a gaming console. At least today. Without killer games on the market, people try to find alternative use for the Sony's gaming console.This time, an astrophysicist Dr. Gaurav Khanna assembled a computer consisting of 8 PlayStation 3s. The whole system is run by Linux.
Prior to obtaining his PlayStation 3s, Dr. Khanna would use grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to use various supercomputing sites spread across the United States. A couple of hundred processors used by the astrophysicist would run into thousands of dollars of cost. However, the eight PlayStation 3s only cost $3,200. So, this is what Dr. Khanna needed. PlayStation 3's Cell processor is extremely powerful when it comes to parallel processing.
No one argues that PlayStation 3 is not a great computer. As we can see, the gaming console is an extremely powerful computing device as well. Further, PlayStation 3 is an open system, which means that you can run Linux on it or even create your own OS. Combining several PlayStation 3s can deliver enormous computing power.
But the main question still remains open. When will Sony PlayStation 3 become a super gaming machine?
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