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PS3's used by US Military

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Talapus:
Just a misunderstanding then. "Ditched" implies that they were using Microsoft before this.

If you can work your software around the multicore architecture of the Cell chip, it really is a powerhouse. And considering the subsidy by Sony, it is no wonder many have used them in academic and amateur persuits. Military use is a little more unusual, but it has been long enough that it is not unexpected.

Tatsujin:
power of supercomputer chip  :D parallel processing FTW.

darkjedi:
*darkjedi nitpicks Tatsu*

PS3 chips are microcomputer chips.

*darkjedi scampers off*

Proin Drakenzol:
Cell processors are really shitty general computing chips.


Also: the US military has hardly "ditched" Microsoft. The user end side of military computers is Windows (Windows XP on the ship I'm on).

sdedalus83:

--- Quote from: Proin Drakenzol on November 29, 2009, 01:41:30 AM ---PS3 chips are really shitty general computing chips.

--- End quote ---

Hence IBM's termination of the Cell program.  They'll continue to be used as coprocessors in some Opteron high end server and HPC designs, and will get shrunk to fit into a variety of media devices, but the whole promise of Cells everywhere was quite a load of bullshit.

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