On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Jinx wrote: > > Or "Why the next big advance will be thanks to gamers" ? > > "When I first saw the PS3 last year, it seemed a device of great, > but unfulfilled potential. Now, it appears it won't just be the kids > who cover one" > With all the hype, I believe PS3 will not win the console war and certainly a few PS3 clusters will not save Sony. The content for the console is the king. Easy of programming and easy of construction should be more important than the raw power of the underlining CPUs in High Performance Computing. So you will continuous to see x86s dominating in HPC. Reference: http://www.top500.org/stats/list/30/procfam Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist