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>Well, there was the kerfuffle around PS3 (IIRC) and 'supercomputers'. There were no export restrictions on the PS3.
by joe_mamba 4mo ago
>Well, there was the kerfuffle around PS3 (IIRC) and 'supercomputers'.
There were no export restrictions on the PS3.
- KingMob 4mo agoThey were probably thinking of the PS2, which Japan did, in fact, temporarily restrict: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-17-fi-20482-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-17-fi-20482...
- xentripetal 4mo agoThey meant PS2. Japan was worried the processor was powerful enough to control missiles and put restrictions on how many can be sold to a single person and banned certain countries.
- DrBazza 4mo agoI probably did ;)
- ajdegol 4mo agoDouble precision cell chips were reserved for military, I think (or maybe also blade processors). So doing any serious physics on them was dead in the water - same with macs tbh
- joe_mamba 4mo agoPS3 had not the same Cell chips as the sones for data centers.
- DrBazza 4mo agoI said kerfuffle. I didn’t say ‘export’.