Apparently the Department of Defense believes that PS3s are a better value when it comes to supercomputers than IBM products specifically designed for the purpose . Granted recent price drop-off probably did n’t pain in justifying a 2,200 console table order either .
This is n’t the first time that the DoD is using PS3 console for supercomputing . In fact , these 2,200 units are going to be added to an survive Linux clustering of336 PS3s used by the United States Air Force . According to Justification Review Documents , the leverage is all about getting the best economic value out the DoD ’s budget :
https://gizmodo.com/air-force-buys-300-playstation-3-for-research-363985
With respect to cadre processors , a single 1U server configured with two 3.2GHz cellular telephone processors can cost up to $ 8 M while two Sony PS3s be approximately $ 600 . Though a single 3.2 GHz electric cell mainframe can deliver over 200 GFLOPS , whereas the Sony PS3 conformation deliver close to 150 GFLOPS , the approximately tenfold cost departure per GFLOP makes the Sony PS3 the only workable technology for HPC applications .
I ’m all for balancing cost and feature , but is n’t it just a fleck curious that someone think to save on kick upstairs the supercomputer just after Call of responsibility : Modern Warfare 2 was released ? [ Ars TechnicaviaBoing Boing ]
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