(Phys.org)—About the 33rd largest supercomputer in the world right now is the US Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) newest system, which has a core made of 1,760 Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3 ...

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US Air Force researchers have reportedly created the Defense Department’s largest interactive supercomputer -- the 35th fastest in the world -- from 1,760 Song PlayStation 3s.

The U.S. Air Force has revealed a supercomputer built from hundreds of Sony PlayStation 3 game consoles, transforming a machine made to play video games into one suitable for military tasks. The ...

Video game consoles are now more than just for fun. An Air Force supercomputer, built from off-the-shelf components, includes 1,716 PlayStation 3 game consoles. The machine, known as the Condor ...

US Air Force researchers have created the Defense Department’s largest interactive supercomputer — the 35th fastest in the world — from 1,760 Song PlayStation 3s, The Air Force Times re… ...

Clearly, the U.S. Air Force had a lot of faith in the PlayStation 3. Between the comparatively lower cost of a supercomputer alternative and the lower energy use, it was a no brainer to use the ...

The Air Force Research Laboratory has recently finished work on a several-month long project, in which a supercomputer made entirely out of PlayStation 3s was constructed. If you think you're ...

The Air Force Research Laboratory has built a supercomputer driven by several hundred Sony PlayStation 3 consoles, reports Warren Peace in Stars and Stripes. AFRL has assembled 336 PlayStation 3s ...

Only instead of PlayStation 2, the Air Force used 1,760 Sony PlayStation 3 consoles. They called it the "Condor Cluster," and it was the Department of Defense's fastest computer.

View full size John Berry / The Post-Standard A PlayStation 3 video game console, one of the 1,716 systems linked together at Rome Lab to form a supercomputer. The Condor helps meet that.