The PlayStation 3 for High-Performance Scientific Computing
Jakub Kurzak, Alfredo Buttari, Piotr Łuszczek, Jack J. Dongarra · Computing in Science & Engineering · 2008
The heart of the Sony PlayStation 3, the STI CELL processor, wasn't originally intended for scientific number crunching, just as the PlayStation 3 itself wasn't meant primarily to serve such purposes. Yet, both these items could impact the high-performance computing world. This introductory article takes a closer look at the cause of this potential disturbance.