[citation][nom]kronos_cornelius[/nom]Google builds it own servers, why can the Pentagon do the same ?If they want heavy floating point processing (vector computing) they should go with Nvidia Tesla servers.Nvidia, don't forget about my commission if they do 🙂[/citation]
Google at one point did the same thing the USAF is doing now, buying cheap "computers" and simply replacing them if they break down. If they were to buy a server with similar capabilities, they would be spending thousands per unit, not hundreds like they are now with the PS3. The PS3, unlike most other computers, has better multi-processing capabilities that even an 8-core Intel CPU can't match. It is the way the cell processor was built, and possibly the RSX GPU as well.