US Air Force looking to buy 300 PS3s for cell processor assessment


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What could the US Air Force need 300 PS3s for? Military training via Warhawk? Maybe they want to give the troops some recreational games -- some echochrome perhaps? Nope, none of the above. Instead, the USAF will be using the 300 40GB PS3 consoles to conduct a "technology assessment of certain cell processors."

Apparently, the PS3 is perfect for the Air Force's research as it's the only hardware on the market that utilizes the specific cell processor characteristics they'll be needing, and it comes at a reasonable price. While we could think of multiple conspiracy theories about this research, we think we'll stay quiet and leave the speculations to you. Besides, right now we've got to tell the USAF that those 40GB PS3s won't be coming with four USB ports and Memory Stick slots like they have listed on the solicitation document. That is ... unless the military is getting a new 40GB model we've never heard about? Highly doubt that one.

Source: http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/03/05/us-air...-processor-ass/

Bit of "funny" news :p

Wonder if those 300 will go towards end of year PS3 sales? :rolleyes: :rofl:

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Maybe they're going to hook up all those PS3s and create a supercomputer... :)

Then, they'll load Ubuntu on it, outfit it with Wine, and play Crysis without any lag... :D

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Now THAT'S a dedicated server farm.

Wonder how quick that many PS3's linked up could do a F@H unit?

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Now THAT'S a dedicated server farm.

Wonder how quick that many PS3's linked up could do a F@H unit?

If one PS3 is supposed to do a F@H unit in 8 hours, then (if i didn't calculate it wrong) they would do every unit in 1 min 36 secs. :p

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If one PS3 is supposed to do a F@H unit in 8 hours, then (if i didn't calculate it wrong) they would do every unit in 1 min 36 secs. :p

How do you know how many PS3s there are? :p

Did you count them in the picture? what if there are more rows/columns? :D

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i count 180 visible in the picture.

btw, i think those are the servers used for Warhawk, if i remember correctly.

Well yeah, it says "WARHAWK SERVER CLUSTER" in the bottom of the picture :rofl:

I count 150

That last stack in the back doesnt look like PS3s to me

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How do you know how many PS3s there are? :p

Did you count them in the picture? what if there are more rows/columns? :D

LOL. I was refering to the 300 ones that the US Army is going to buy. :laugh:

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Well yeah, it says "WARHAWK SERVER CLUSTER" in the bottom of the picture :rofl:

I count 150

That last stack in the back doesnt look like PS3s to me

did not see the 'warhawk server cluster'.

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