[H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
> Verily I say unto thee, that ed spake thusly:
>> On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:42:25 +0100
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Sony Studies Commercial PlayStation 3 Supercomputing Grid
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | With an estimated 6 million PlayStation 3s sold, it's little wonder
>>> | that pharmaceutical companies, medical startups, and other
>>> businesses | would be hot to chat with Sony about building a
>>> supercomputing grid | that they could tap into.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070412/tc_cmp/199000285
>>
>> didn't sun try that? i dont know the architecture behind the grid, but
>> i think the idea was to send anything to them that could run in
>> thread/parallel and they would send you the results back.
>>
>> i think there was also some intention behind people getting xbox's when
>> they first emerged and to use them for clustering, as at the time the
>> hardware was cheap. although it did not take long for that hardware to
>> become over priced compared to the rest of the market, component for
>> component.
>
> Plus it's probably not a very bright idea to run eXb0rks at maximum
> utilisation 24/7, since they have the nasty habit of melting.
>
That could be embarassing, I suppose. I wonder if it could be possible
to reimburse the PS3 owners for their power usage?
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