http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/ Engadget Comments for US Air Force seeking 300 PS3s for "technology assessment" http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 6th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 6th 2008 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 6th 2008 4:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/
Needlessly Yours...Fred ]]>Mar 5th 2008 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/
Why would Sony subsidize the cost of the cell chip in a bulk sale to the Airforce? Sony would have nothing to gain except economies of scale - oh and isnt the blu-Ray laser in these things in short supply as well??




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yes becuase the whole world has been focused on what the airforce is doing with PS3s for the last 6 months

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Because it is good free publicity. 300 consoles are a drop in the bucket but being able to point out the supercomputer power of the PS3 can help sell consoles.]]>Mar 6th 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/
One word: DOOM.

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Oh, and before you reply saying it has only 8, please try researching actual facts such as this:

http://cag.csail.mit.edu/ps3/lectures/]]>Mar 6th 2008 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/
Fascist code signing. Worthless for anything even nearly productive.]]>Mar 5th 2008 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/
You know they just want to game.... just kidding. ]]>Mar 5th 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/
...perhaps Sony will realize that unlocking the RSX could put a ps3 into every house as an ubuntu desktop machine.. They could compete with Dell or something..]]>Mar 5th 2008 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/
MS better make a quad core console if it wants to outlast the PS3, even then, when the PS3 is in full swing there could be trouble]]>Mar 5th 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/
Wikipedia can be your friend.]]>Mar 5th 2008 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/
Cell is a microprocessor architecture jointly developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Toshiba, and IBM, an alliance known as "STI". The architectural design and first implementation were carried out at the STI Design Center in Austin, Texas over a four-year period beginning March 2001 on a budget reported by IBM as approaching US$400 million.]]>Mar 5th 2008 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technology-assessment/Mar 5th 2008 7:00PM