PS3 used to crack passwords

[MikeB]

MikeB said:

@ Entroper

ut I would say that if Pixar doesn't have a rendering farm made of a few dozen PS3s, they're probably doing something wrong.

One of the many things I like about the Cell is that it's very suitable for future multi-processing designs, for example currently you can already hook up additional PS3s to give you more potential performance (very cheaply):

"The video above contains some real-time ray-tracing, where three PS3's "render a model that is 75x more complex then those used in today's games."

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/04/05/real-time-ray-tracing-on-the-playstation-3

A reason to own 3 PS3s!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh1jB4hVJRg

 Or:

"Three UC Irvine students have won IBM's Cell Broadband Engine Professor University Challenge. Their project? Oh, hooking three PS3s together to reproduce human brain functions:

The group's findings, which were showcased at the 2007 Power Architecture Developer Conference in Austin, Texas focused on reproducing brain algorithms. Brain algorithms are intricate step-by-step problem-solving procedures performed by the brain to complete everyday functions."

I think nomatter if you're a Wii or XBox 360 fanboy, if you love tech these projects are pretty cool!

http://kotaku.com/gaming/self_aware/3-ps3s--part-of-a-human-brain-310685.php