2008.7: The PlayStation 3 for High Performance Scientific Computing
2008.7: Jakub Kurzak, Alfredo Buttari, Piotr Luszczek and Jack Dongarra (2008) The PlayStation 3 for High Performance Scientific Computing.
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Abstract
The heart of the Sony PlayStation 3, the STI CELL processor, was not originally intended for scientific number crunching, and the PlayStation 3 itself was not meant primarily to serve such purposes. Yet, both these items may impact the High Performance Computing world. This introductory article takes a closer look at the cause of this potential disturbance.
| Item Type: | MIMS Preprint |
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| Additional Information: | Appears also as Technical Report UT-CS-08-608, Department of Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA, January 2008. |
| Subjects: | MSC 2000 > 65 Numerical analysis MSC 2000 > 68 Computer science |
| MIMS number: | 2008.7 |
| Deposited By: | Ms Ellen Pickett |
| Deposited On: | 08 February 2008 |
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