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 Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:35 am Post subject: New Game For PlayStation 3: Crunching Numbers |
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When it comes to high-performance computing, Sony's PlayStation 3 is not all fun and games. Four years after Sony unveiled its gaming console to the world, some researchers and federal agencies are using PS3s for serious work.
For the last year, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency's Cyber Crimes Center in Fairfax, Va., has used a bank of 40 interconnected PS3 consoles to decrypt passwords. It's working to add 40 more units.
Through Stanford University's Folding@home project, almost 40,000 PS3s volunteered by their owners during idle time currently contribute to the study of protein folding.
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, N.Y., uses a cluster of 336 PS3s for research on urban surveillance and large image processing. Last month, the lab ordered 2,200 more units. Read more: Sfgate.Com.
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