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A comment on US Air Force connects 1,760 Playstation 3's to build supercomputer (2010). Parent comment

Re:US Air Force connects 1,760 Playstation 3's to build supe... by cowtools on Friday July 22, 2022 @12:31PM (#32193901)
Depends on Proof-Of-Work method.
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Re:US Air Force connects 1,760 Playstation 3's to build supe... by klodolph on Friday July 22, 2022 @01:04PM (#32194364)
I mean, it’s also true that not all supercomputer groups want TFLOPS of SIMD. Some video gamers are happy with consoles made in the 1990s. Why single out the crypto people?
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Re:US Air Force connects 1,760 Playstation 3's to build supe... by freemint on Friday July 22, 2022 @04:10PM (#32196550)
90s console very much also had SIMD it was just in more fixed function hardware, DSPs or the like.
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