IBM Unveils Second Cell-Based Blade For High-Performance Computing
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| IBM offers the Linux operating system on top of Cell to provide a more
| flexible development environment than competing products that use a
| semiconductor device called a field-programmable gate array, or FPGA. Such
| devices are programmed once for specific functions.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201803074
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PS3 available pre-installed with Linux
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| TerraSoft is now taking direct pre-orders with no delivery
| time guarantees for a Sony PS3 pre-installed with Linux,
| priced at $650.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7863481537.html
PS3 Real-time Ray-tracing
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| IBM Interactive Ray-tracer (iRT) using three Sony Playstation3s (PS3)
| to render a model that is 75x more complex then those used in
| today's games.
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http://www.n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-33982.aspx
Sony Studies Commercial PlayStation 3 Supercomputing Grid
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| 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.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070412/tc_cmp/199000285
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