PS3 to become the backbone of our computerized armed forces!

[The Fake Shemp]

US Air Force seeking 300 PS3s for "technology assessment"
Posted Mar 5th 2008 5:54PM by Donald Melanson

We've already seen the PlayStation 3 put to use for some non-gaming tasks (other than playing Blu-ray movies), and it now looks like the U.S. Air Force is aiming to get in on the act as well, with it recently putting out a so-called Request for Proposal that is seeking 300 PS3s for a "technology assessment." Needless to say, their primary interest is in the console's powerful Cell processor, which they say is the "only brand on the market that utilizes the specific cell processor characteristics needed for this program at an acceptable cost." Exactly what that program entails is unsurprisingly being kept under wraps, with the RFP only going so far to state that the Air Force Research Laboratory is "conducting a technology assessment of certain cell processors." Whatever it is, the Air Force certainly seems to be trying to keep costs as low as possible, with them apparently only interested in the 40GB model.

WHO'S LAUGHING NOW BUDGET RSX GPU LOSERS

[MCD]

Kutaragi's dream in motion...

[Trent Dole]

Yeah, and Saddam was gonna buy a bunch of PS2s for use as missile launchers or some shit.

[Ichirou]

dcharlie

Cell

[MCD]

  xenon budget cpu

[bagofeyes]

I love these stories that always seem to come out about playstations

[MrAngryFace]

I still hate my ps3 whenever im not watching a bluray or play MLB The Show. What a piece of junk

[Smooth Groove]

I still hate my ps3 whenever im not watching a bluray or play MLB The Show. What a piece of junk

Whew!  Your sfaggotry in the MLB 08 thread was starting to worry me. 

[Kyle]

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21118

Why Iraq's buying up Sony PlayStation 2s
Intelligence experts fear games bundled for military applications

Two government agencies are investigating the purchases because the PlayStations can be bundled together into a sort of crude super-computer and used for a variety of military applications, say intelligence sources.

"Most Americans don't realize that each PlayStation unit contains a CPU -- every bit as powerful as the processor found in most desktop and laptop computers," said one military intelligence officer who declined to be identified. "Beyond that, the graphics capabilities of a PlayStation are staggering -- five times more powerful than that of a typical graphics workstation, and roughly 15 times more powerful than the graphics cards found in most PCs."

[calcifer]

http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRLRRS/FA8751-08-R-0016/SynopsisP.html

I AM SURE THE US GOVERNMENT IS MAKING STUFF UP FUCKING distinguished mentally-challenged XFAGGY XFAGGOTS

[MrAngryFace]

TOO BAD PS3 STILL SUCKS FOR GAMES! LETS ALL REMEMBER THE LAST GAME THE MILITARY MADE! OH WAIT IT WAS RECRUITING TOOL

[y2kev]

US Government Budget Missile Launching System

kittowny is gonna have to buy more games to offset this attach rate drop

[MrAngryFace]

ITS 3AM! THERE IS A CONSOLE RUNNING AT THE WHITEHOUSE! THESE CALCULATIONS COULD SAVE UR KIDS! WHO DO YOU WANT DEFENDING US FROM SHIT?!

"My name is Calcifer, and I approve this message."

[Joe Molotov]

The processors in the Sony PlayStation 3 are the only brand on the market that utilizes the specific cell processor characteristics needed for this program at an acceptable cost.

translation : thanks for the loss making console, we won't be buying any games Sony - please enjoy your continued slide into the red.

The Government's stocking up on budget Cell CPUs lol

[Powerslave]

FUCKING distinguished mentally-challenged XFAGGY XFAGGOTS