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Noting that funding for science has run dry for many researchers, [Gaurav] has built a supercomputer from 200 Playstation 3 consoles housed and chilled inside an old refrigerated shipping trailer. His mission at UMass Dartmouth from the National Science Foundation is simulating black hole collisions with an eye on learning something about gravitational waves.

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[Gaurav Khanna] is no stranger to using PS3 supercomputers to do meaningful science.

2014: PlayStation 3 supercomputer places UMass Dartmouth #1 ...

Seven years ago he proposed a 16-PS3 supercomputer running Linux and managed to convince Sony to donate four consoles. The university kicked in funding for another 8 and [Gaurav] ponied up for the last four out of his own pocket. He dubbed it the “PS3 Gravity Grid” and received international attention for the cluster.

For equivalent performance, it cost him only 10% the price of a real supercomputer.

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This led to published papers on both hacked supercomputers and gravity waves. But that rig is looking a little old today. Enter t The PlayStation Supercomputer - DCD - DatacenterDynamics VAXAG