"Condor" Supercomputer Made Of 1,716 PS3s Now Online | TechCrunch - 1 views
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Brandon Bare on 13 Feb 12This article is about a supercomputer consisting of 1716 Playstation 3's. This design is also known as the Condor project and is used specifically for the Air Force's image processing tasks. This supercomputer is also recognized as one of the fastest computers in the world. The main task of this computer is monitoring 15 square miles 24/7, meaning that it can examine what is happening that far. The reason why the supercomputer uses this much PS3's, is to solve its problems in image processing. With this, the Air force is able to obtain clear processed photos from their aerial photo gatherings. I believe this will help a lot in other situations in the future.
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Marco D on 13 Feb 12The sad part is that if they updated any of them to the newest PS3 firmware they would stop working because Sony took out the Other OS function.