BlueGene/L retains its title as world's fastest supercomputer | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
![TIL the U.S. government used 1,760 Playstation 3's to build a supercomputer for the Department of Defense. Their reason: It was more cost efficient and "green". : r/todayilearned TIL the U.S. government used 1,760 Playstation 3's to build a supercomputer for the Department of Defense. Their reason: It was more cost efficient and "green". : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/QRVtwxLrY40dgBrYm5ZrsRR-0pvmvYn-1yIrmzs2GcA.jpg?auto=webp&s=a0891186a8a9e2e23de2e36b60518937c7853379)
TIL the U.S. government used 1,760 Playstation 3's to build a supercomputer for the Department of Defense. Their reason: It was more cost efficient and "green". : r/todayilearned
![In 2010, the US Air Force made a supercomputer consisting of PlayStation 3 devices after the successful experiments of the physicist Guarav Khanna. 1,760 PlayStation 3 devices were used in the manufacture In 2010, the US Air Force made a supercomputer consisting of PlayStation 3 devices after the successful experiments of the physicist Guarav Khanna. 1,760 PlayStation 3 devices were used in the manufacture](https://i.redd.it/this-is-a-1985-pyramid-98x-supermini-mainframe-with-an-v0-r2uu4wmisou81.jpg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75d5d778abcd60d610840d78c49a1e6c8267d6a8)