Playstation server + Red Hat = speed record

[rpm]

Playstation server + Red Hat = speed record

IBM's Roadrunner supercomputer, built using the Cell chips that power the Sony Playstation 3, has smashed its way into the supercomputing record books.

 

[xrapidx]

80TB of memory

 

[kaaskop]

Gimme,gimme

Will it work on Crysis hehe

 

[TheBandit]

Crysis will still lag... LOL

 

[EtienneK]

But can it run Vista?

 

[AirWolf]

IBM's Blue Gene, the previous record holder, runs at a relatively leisurely pace of just 478.2 teraflops using 212 992 processors, significantly less than the Roadrunner's less than 20 000 processors.

Typo?

 

[UnoPanelvan]

Some anti PS3 fanbois that shot the PS3 cell structures down must be screeching with envy! Shame, poor sods.

 

[jasweb]

In Crisis the problem is the GPU (Display Card) not the 22 000 CPU's....

From the reviews on the net not even 3 way SLI makes a dent in Crisis (but that can just be hardware / driver issues of course)...

:-D

 

[gregmcc]

But can it run Vista?

Now your seriously pushing your luck!

 

[spacebar]

But can it run Vista?

According to http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_editions_final.asp "While all of the Vista product editions support only one or two physical processors, none are limited to the number of processor cores they will support." ...

 

[headstrong]

So what is the cost of this monster?

 

[theStudent]

So what is the cost of this monster?

It costs a petaflopian rand.

...work it out

 

[eltherza]

So where does the PS3 do all this? For some reason I have a feeling they didnt just plug a PS3 and install redhat for all this.

What a missleading headline

 

[1nsane!]

So where does the PS3 do all this? For some reason I have a feeling they didnt just plug a PS3 and install redhat for all this.

What a missleading headline

Step 1: Read the article
Step 2: Comment on article

You got the order all wrong there

 

[Tns]

Now your seriously pushing your luck!

now really thats in bad taste!

 

[The_Unbeliever]

...and nary a Wintel in sight...

It's a hybrid supercomputer, AMD and Cell CPU's included. Skynet looms closer

Wonder how long it'll be before Wintel tries to go faster?

 

[antowan]

I want one! Seriously! Where do I place my order and where do I get credit?

 

[lilGr]

woahh

 

[eye_suc]

Some anti PS3 fanbois that shot the PS3 cell structures down must be screeching with envy! Shame, poor sods.

LOL

oh, i'm sure they are extremely envious of the 12 960 cell cpus and 6 948 opterons. if you built a single PS3 with those specs, maybe then it can beat an xbox?

PS: i do not have an xbox or pee ess tree

 

[magneto]

xbox 360 sucks..
if its better then y would ibm not use that out dated chip from the xbox360 for its roadrunner supercomputer??
xbox360 cpu = 3.2 GHz PowerPC with 3 dual-threaded processor cores - made by ibm is not????
ps3 cpu = 3.2 GHz Cell processor with 7 single-threaded synergistic processing units cores - made by ibm/sony/so other ppl
they know that the cell processor is alot better than then xbox360..thats prob y they used the cell instead.



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coding to use/expliot the cell cpu is alot more complex and different than the regualr for the old cpu's..
thats what i read.