It’s about time the government does something cool…

It seems that the government has ordered 2,200 Playstation 3’s to build a giant supercomputer.  It seems that Sony’s individual sale of two 3.2 Ghz Cell processors can wrack up a price tag of about $8,000 while two PS3’s with equivalent processors costs about $600.  I like this for many reasons: the government is being fiscally responsible for a change and they’re doing so by building a supercomputer out of gaming consoles.

For those keeping track, there are instructions how to do this on your own right here.  I wonder what the power draw is on 2,200 gaming consoles all on at once… hmm…