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Interview: Dr. Khanna And The PS3 Gravity Grid

Folding@Home definitely started something in the science community, as this research involves simulating a black hole collision. PSX Extreme interviews the project head, Dr. Gaurav Khanna, and learns a whole lot about the capabilities of the PS3 and the world of supercomputing and physics.

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Harry1906629d ago

''Overall, a single PS3 performs better than the highest-end desktops available and compares to as many as 25 nodes of an IBM Blue Gene supercomputer. And there is still tremendous scope left for extracting more performance through further optimization. More on that soon.''

BilI Gates6629d ago

Nice catch. Good quote I mean.

- Your friendly neighborhood Bill

MURKERR6629d ago

than 360 and its games are already equal (multi-plat) in terms of graphics,alot of people dont realise that shouldnt be happening considering developers have had more time with the 360's easier architecture.

whats why i believe certain developers like valve for example who state their using 95% of 360's power

scary what we'll be seeing a year from now no doubt it will surpass 360 in crazy ways.

cell is truly powerful its like a swiss army knife everybodys usin it for a certain purpose

Fishy Fingers6629d ago (Edited 6629d ago )

I'm not sure what that has to do with the topic. The power the PS3 is demonstrating here will not directly relate to the power it has when producing games. The Cell is just very apt at floating point calculations. This process devotes the system to one singular joint task, rather than having to "juggle" multiple tasks when handling games.

edit: here come the disgree's for not making my comment 100% super-duper PS positive.... Ok you guys are right, the Cell will produce games years beyond anything you can ever imagine, thats right, the weak GPU and little ram dont matter, if it has the o-mighty Cell then all other computer dont stand a chance.... Remind me, why hasnt desktop PC's adopted this uber tech that eclipses everything else out there.... game/folding@home are the same right....
The PS3 has HUGE potentail, I'm the first to admit that, but some have to realize, regardless what you think, it's just a console and NOT a super computer for £300.

Richdad6629d ago

A cluster of PS3 actually compares to a high quality desktop or supercomputer. Also Valve didnt made such a statment abt reaching 95% of 360 power even Bioshock and Gears utlize only 50% of CPU. But may be they will reach eventually. I remember PS2 to be fully utilized at MGS2 in 2002 March but then there were much better looking game than it werent they.
Xbox 1 reached its full potential at NG1, Doom3, SC3etc in end of 2004.
Yeah PS3 is more pwerful for sure but if users dont see differnce in graphics of PS2 and xbox1 they should expect it to be even less in this gen.

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Maddens Raiders6629d ago (Edited 6629d ago )

able to calculate what it's actually like beyond the singularity?

I believe it is the answer to time travel that the U.S. Navy attempted (and possibly succeeded) in 1943.

yanikins1116629d ago

But Seeing as a black hole sucks in all this stuff, and stuff inherently has entropy (measure of randomness) and as you break stuff up its entropy gets exponentially larger, and seeing as your focusing all of this disorder and randomness into a single point, the Singularity itself, let alone beyond the the singularity would be near impossible to calculate. Of course seeing as the singularity is meant to be one single point of infinite information and density, maybe its the god particle. Seeing as it contains a nearly unlimited amount of information in single point. Theoretical physics is crazy man. Hence why i never got into the crap.

bootsielon6629d ago

The PS3 is programmed to simulate black hole behavior, but we don't really know what happens inside. So no, I seriously don't think the PS3 could be used as a prognosticator in that sense. Besides, the black hole could simply transform and/or compact all the matter and light it digests, instead of traveling through time. Besides, I don't think it would be practical to try and reach black holes just for time travel. We would be better off using worm holes.

PlayStation3606629d ago

if they put these images in the PS3 music player.

ruibing6629d ago

A testament to the potential, reliability, performance, and value behind each single PS3. We are now just into year 2 of the ten year plan; I can't wait for the next 8.

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot33d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle33d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7733d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer42d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde40d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy40d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12540d ago (Edited 40d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk7741d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga41d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit41d ago (Edited 41d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer199241d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga41d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac41d ago (Edited 41d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman41d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger41d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box41d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion40d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv7241d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent7541d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit41d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14941d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning7741d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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