Seti@Playstation?

Matt

17th May 2005 - 05:00 PM

I was just reading about the new PS3 cell technology and some of it's other specs.

they say it can do 2 teraflops. and it will have an always on always connected setup with their network.

so, what could this mean for distributed calculations?

I think there's like 15 million ps2s out there.

if we get a similar number of 2 teraflop ps3s out there, donating their spare cycles to a common cause, what kind of muscle would that make?

I wonder if Sony has thought of this?

Kobyoshi

17th May 2005 - 06:52 PM

I think it's 15 million XBoxes sold and closer to 60 million PS2's

I was thinkin about this earlier...

How about a less developed (financially) country ajoining 100's or even 1000's of them and using them as a make-shift super computer????

I've seen clustered Xboxes...

Just some thoughts

WaterBreath

17th May 2005 - 06:57 PM

QUOTE (Matt+May 17 2005, 12:00 PM)

they say it can do 2 teraflops

Where did you hear this bit of info? I hadn't heard this, and I'd think it would have been "big news".

Matt

17th May 2005 - 07:14 PM

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/16/news_6124681.html

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Sony also laid out the technical specs of the device. The PlayStation 3 will feature the much-vaunted Cell processor, which will run at 3.2GHz, giving the whole system 2 teraflops of overall performance. It will sport 256MB XDR main RAM at 3.2GHz, and it will have 256MB of GDDR VRAM at 700MHz.

though that seems to be missleading now that I look deeper. looks like the Graphics processor has 1.8 and the main cpu has .2.

QUOTE (->

QUOTE

though that seems to be missleading now that I look deeper. looks like the Graphics processor has 1.8 and the main cpu has .2.

PLAYSTATION 3 SPECIFICATIONS

CPU: Cell Processor PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
--1 VMX vector unit per core
--512KB L2 cache
--7 x SPE @3.2GHz
--7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
--7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
--*1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
--Total floating point performance: 218 gigaflops

GPU RSX @ 550MHz
--1.8 TFLOPS floating point Performance
--Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
--Multi-way programmable parallel Floating point shader pipelines
--Sound Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-based processing)

MEMORY
256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
System Bandwidth Main RAM-- 25.6GB/s
VRAM--22.4GB/s
RSX-- 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
SB2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

SYSTEM FLOATING POINT PERFORMANCE:
2 teraflops

STORAGE
--HDD Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1
--I/O--USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
--Memory Stickstandard/Duo, PRO x 1
--SD standard/mini x 1
--CompactFlash(Type I, II) x 1

COMMUNICATION
--Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
--Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
--Bluetooth--Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
--ControllerBluetooth (up to 7)
--USB 2.0 (wired)
--Wi-Fi (PSP)
--Network (over IP)

AV OUTPUT
Screen size 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI out x 2
AV multi out x 1
Digital out (optical) x 1

DISC MEDIA
CD
PlayStation CD-ROM
PlayStation2 CD-ROM
CD-DA
CD-DA (ROM),
CD-R,
CD-RW
SACD Hybrid (CD layer),
SACD HD
DualDisc (audio side)
DualDisc (DVD side)
PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM
PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM
DVD-ROM
DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD+R,
DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc
PlayStation 3 BD-ROM
BD-ROM
BD

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