IBM to Build Supercomputer Powered by Video Game Chips
The best manifestation of the computing power of video game chips? Interesting, especially to hardcore console gamers, I suppose.
According to ACM TechNews:
IBM has won a contract from the Department of Energy to develop a peta-scale supercomputer powered by 16,000 Cell chips. The system, due to be completed in 2008, will cost a projected $110 million. The selection of the Cell chip, which originally was jointly designed with Sony and Toshiba for video games and animation, is an indication of how the computer industry is increasingly shaped by technologies that were initially developed for home and consumer uses.
Hmm…the Cell processor. Does PlayStation 3 ring a bell? Read the full New York Times article (registration required, but free).
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