Want to build a PS3 cluster?

[Locut0s]

Step by step instructions. Used mainly by universities as a cheaper alternative to buying super computer time to run research projects.

http://www.ps3cluster.org/index.html

 

[TheVrolok]

That's pretty neat .. and rather interesting.

 

[videogames101]

<--- Distributed Computing is that way.

(clusters of PCs and PS3s together work much better 😀)

 

[theflyingpig]

No, not really.

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: theflyingpig
No, not really.

When you get down to it, it really does
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOP500

The fastest computer in he world uses the synergy between Opteron and Cells.

The Cell is a very specialized processor. It's great for math but it's missing a lot of modern features like OoOE that limit it as a complete general purpose processor like a modern RISC or CISC processor.

 

[mwmorph]

dp

 

[finite automaton]

Originally posted by: theflyingpig
No, not really.

ya rly

 

[Inspector Jihad]

do people still complain about the ps3 not having games.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
do people still complain about the ps3 not having games.

Only the 360 fanboys.

 

[ultimatebob]

I read the tutorial, and that cluster doesn't seem to do much than calculate Pi once it's built.

Does anybody have some software for this yet? A SETI @Home application, maybe?

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
do people still complain about the ps3 not having games.

Only the 360 fanboys.

Not really. I prefer my PS3 over 360 and I bitch about the lack of games daily. It's a shame that I've played more RPG's on the 360 than the PS3.

Damn SONY and their slow ass developers.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: amdhunter

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
do people still complain about the ps3 not having games.

Only the 360 fanboys.

Not really. I prefer my PS3 over 360 and I bitch about the lack of games daily. It's a shame that I've played more RPG's on the 360 than the PS3.

Damn SONY and their slow ass developers.

There is something wrong with that ...

 

[mugs]

Would you rather plow a field with 2 oxen or 1024 chickens? Wait, supercomputers still exist?

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
I read the tutorial, and that cluster doesn't seem to do much than calculate Pi once it's built.

Does anybody have some software for this yet? A SETI @Home application, maybe?

That's why I mentioned it's mainly used for university research purposes. Professors write their own code to run on these clusters. It's meant to compete with legitimate super computers for research projects and such and in this space most of the application code is going to be in house apps written to solve specific problems.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: mugs
Would you rather plow a field with 2 oxen or 1024 chickens? Wait, supercomputers still exist?

do the chickens cost less, are easier to acquire and plow the same as teh oxen?