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Exactly. People were making supercomputers and computing clusters with PS3 when it was possible to install Linux on them. It was at least partly because it was
by smnrchrds 10y ago
Exactly. People were making supercomputers and computing clusters with PS3 when it was possible to install Linux on them. It was at least partly because it was cheaper than paying for full-priced hardware.
http://phys.org/news/2010-12-air-playstation-3s-supercomputer.html http://phys.org/news/2010-12-air-playstation-3s-supercompute...
- niklasrde 10y agoWasn't the PS3 originally sold at less than material cost which made this very economical for that kind of use case? Also means it was in Sony's interest to sell many more games/accessories/licences/however else they make money with the PlayStation ecosystem than consoles.