PS3 used to crack passwords

[NJ5]

Final-Fan said:

NJ5 said:

MikeB said:

As could be expected PC CPU: 10--15 million cycles per second vs PS3 Cell 1.4 billion cycles per second.

I don't see any quote tags here.

1.4 billion cycles =/= 3.2GHz, so 10-15 million cycles =/= 10-15 MHz. It's perfectly clear from context that the PC half of the comparison isn't ancient.

I didn't remember at that time that the Cell is 3.2 GHz, I just saw the "CPU", "millions" and "billions" of cycles per second and assumed he was comparing clock speed. In any case, the 386 comment wasn't mine, I merely followed up on it. "Cycles" is a weird word to use in this context, as it can be easily confused with clock cycles. "Iterations" or "trials" would have been much better, but that's a problem with who wrote the article. MikeB's problem was simply that he didn't put quote tags on that, so I thought he was spewing crap about technical stuff again.

In any case, this is a minor argument which was solved long ago, the only reason we're discussing it is that MikeB brought it up again, without any honest reason for it. Let's carry on.