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iancmceachern
on Dec 25, 2023
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Cray-1 vs Raspberry Pi
My favorite was the 33rd in line at the time which was made up of 1700 sony PS3s
https://www.google.com/amp/s/phys.org/news/2010-12-air-plays...
Cockbrand
on Dec 25, 2023
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They were more or less cousins, as they were both based on the PowerPC CPU architecture.
porbelm
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However the Sony Cell had just a PowerPC controlling core. The real magic, and why it was used in supercomputers at the time, is in its Stream cores; they were highly tailored for vector and floating point maths.
Cacti
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When the DoE claimed the PS3 could be a dual purpose munition, they weren’t kidding.
PaulRobinson
on Dec 25, 2023
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Saddam Hussein did try to buy a load of PlayStations at some point.
hulitu
on Dec 25, 2023
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He also had WMDs. /s
iancmceachern
on Dec 25, 2023
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And Anna Nicole married for love
(Great line in the movie Shooter"
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