Sony's introduction of the PS2 Linux Kit caught the attention of researchers at NCSA.
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Sony's introduction of the PS2 Linux Kit caught the attention of researchers at NCSA. They combined 70 PS2 consoles in 2003 to form a supercomputer, highlighting its ability to perform complex scientific calculations.
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Sony's introduction of the PS2 Linux Kit caught the attention of researchers at NCSA. They combined 70 PS2 consoles in 2003 to form a supercomputer, highlighting its ability to perform complex scientific calculations.
@nixCraft reminds me of those ps3 clusters from back in the day.
mmmmmm those cell processors
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@nixCraft What they do with those cluster? I mean what 'complex scientific calculations'..
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Sony's introduction of the PS2 Linux Kit caught the attention of researchers at NCSA. They combined 70 PS2 consoles in 2003 to form a supercomputer, highlighting its ability to perform complex scientific calculations.
@nixCraft as a staff member shortly after this was built, a hilarious side-effect of this awesome build was that supposedly a bunch of the PS2s came with a branded keyboard and mouse, which of course went straight to University surplus.
So we would see some Playstation branded mouse and keyboard pairs around offices. And the rumor was you could go get an armload more from surplus if you needed them for a lab setup.
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@nixCraft Anyone got a link to a good write-up? Although I had a PS2, I never believed any of this Emotion Engine super computer nonsense. Just felt like marketing fluff to nail the coffin lid shut on the Dreamcast.
@nixCraft @tehstu here's NCSA's own article about the PS2 Beowulf cluster.
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@nixCraft What they do with those cluster? I mean what 'complex scientific calculations'..
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Sony's introduction of the PS2 Linux Kit caught the attention of researchers at NCSA. They combined 70 PS2 consoles in 2003 to form a supercomputer, highlighting its ability to perform complex scientific calculations.
@nixCraft "do you think I should tuck in my t-shirt for the photo?"
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Sony's introduction of the PS2 Linux Kit caught the attention of researchers at NCSA. They combined 70 PS2 consoles in 2003 to form a supercomputer, highlighting its ability to perform complex scientific calculations.
@nixCraft I still have a PS2. Sometimes I also play games on it.
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@nixCraft I remember that some government agency wanted to put export restrictions on the PS2 early-on because of it's potential for use in missile guidance systems.
@paradroyd @nixCraft I wonder what they did with the PS3
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Sony's introduction of the PS2 Linux Kit caught the attention of researchers at NCSA. They combined 70 PS2 consoles in 2003 to form a supercomputer, highlighting its ability to perform complex scientific calculations.
@nixCraft also wasn’t the original incarnation of “The Volume” (the amazing screen thing they film actors standing in front of showing backgrounds on eg The Mandalorian) a bunch of networked PS4s, or did I dream it?
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Sony's introduction of the PS2 Linux Kit caught the attention of researchers at NCSA. They combined 70 PS2 consoles in 2003 to form a supercomputer, highlighting its ability to perform complex scientific calculations.
@nixCraft that should have been the front of a great lan party.
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Sony's introduction of the PS2 Linux Kit caught the attention of researchers at NCSA. They combined 70 PS2 consoles in 2003 to form a supercomputer, highlighting its ability to perform complex scientific calculations.
@nixCraft does anyone have a credit for who is in this picture? I can't shake the feeling that I should recognize him, but my memory for names has never been good.
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