Scientists write guide to build supercomputer from Sony Playstation3
Posted on December 19th, 2008 by Fred
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, US, have
created a step-by-step guide to building a home-brewed supercomputer
that can reduce the cost of university and general computing research.
The resource fully illustrates how to create a fully functioning and
high performance supercomputer with the Sony Playstation 3.
created a step-by-step guide to building a home-brewed supercomputer
that can reduce the cost of university and general computing research.
The resource fully illustrates how to create a fully functioning and
high performance supercomputer with the Sony Playstation 3.
Last year, the researchers’ construction of a small supercomputer using
eight Sony-donated Playstation 3 gaming consoles made headlines
nationwide in the scientific community. The consoles are used to solve
complex equations designed to predict the properties of gravitational
waves generated by the black holes located at the centre of the
galaxies.
Typically, scientists rent supercomputer time by the hour. A single
simulation can cost more than 5,000 hours at USD 1 per hour on the
National Science Foundation’s TeraGrid computing infrastructure.
The guide is freely available to the public under an open source license
at www.ps3cluster.org.
PhysOrg.com / University of Massachusetts Dartmouth – December 17, 2008
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