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Ironically, the USAF recently built a supercomputer out of PS3s (https://www.military.com/off-duty/games/2023/02/17/air-force-built-one-of-worlds-fastest-comput
by jstarfish 3y ago
Ironically, the USAF recently built a supercomputer out of PS3s (https://www.military.com/off-duty/games/2023/02/17/air-force-built-one-of-worlds-fastest-computers-out-of-playstations.html https://www.military.com/off-duty/games/2023/02/17/air-force...).
They alluded to what you're talking about but I wasn't familiar with the reference.
- lxgr 3y agoIt is indeed deeply ironic that Sony has a long history of trying to declare their gaming consoles as general-purpose computers (to dodge EU import tariffs) and arguing that they aren't really military-grade (to be able to export them out of Japan), and finally ended up subsidizing a supercomputer for the US military :)