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2007-10-17 13:34:23

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2007-11-08 13:38:10

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Just recently I was discussing this with a co-worker. If you look at the Folding@Home stats (http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=osstats), the total throughput of their project is currently about 70% PS3-crunched data. I have read that, since you can install Linux on the PS3, and most Beowulf systems are designed for Linux, it is only a matter of time before people start using clustered PS3's for certain FP-heavy computations. ("Beo-station"? "Play-wulf"?)

And there we go....
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