Well, bundling them does.
And now you can do it.
http://www.ps3cluster.umassd.edu/
Researcher at umass gives step by step instructions on how to take a bevy of PS3's, the Fedora core, and turn them into a super computer, for about 4k.
As a price point, using the TeraGrid super computer, a single simulation can run 5000 hours, and cost a buck an hour. And that's a rental price.
Learn more here.
http://www.physorg.com/news148749271.html
And now you can do it.
http://www.ps3cluster.umassd.edu/
Researcher at umass gives step by step instructions on how to take a bevy of PS3's, the Fedora core, and turn them into a super computer, for about 4k.
As a price point, using the TeraGrid super computer, a single simulation can run 5000 hours, and cost a buck an hour. And that's a rental price.
Learn more here.
http://www.physorg.com/news148749271.html