PS3's Cell processor helps locate oil

PS3 Fanboy:

"Besides the Roadrunner and our beloved PS3, the Cell processor can now add another task it can do into its repertoire. Repsol, one of the world's ten largest oil companies, is employing the use the of the Cell processor, more specifically the PowerXCell 8i variant on a BladeCenter QS22 computer, to "analyze undersea rock formations in the search for untapped reserves.""

[thereapersson]

Except play games, lol!

/sarcasm

[sonarus]

If the oil isn't in 4d i'm not interested

[thereapersson]

This will be a super-refined oil that will allow machinery to operate at 120fps.

[Statix]

Looks like ol' GW has a new favorite game.

[Pornlord]

It's G Dubyuh, show some respect for the President!!! :P

Yeah, maybe they can use the PS3 to figure out an alternative to oil?? Maybe that would be a better application.

[shazam]

use the cell as the brain for robot soldiers that could fight the Iraq war for us.

[iamtehpwn]

Cures cancer, drives down fuel prices, movies, music, photos, AND Games. The only left is for this machine to get me laid, and if it does that, I'll buy 5 more.

[fenderputty]

I was just going to say the same thing. Until the PS3 can figure out how to build a better battery or some other alternative fuel source, I don't really care. I just want to play games and watch movies on it.

Seriously though ... someone needs to figure out how to make a car that runs 100 miles to the gallon.

[Pornlord]

@Shazam

I can see that headline now.

"George "Dubyuh" Bush announces today that he not only discovered Sony Playstation's Cell processor, but has also sent a Patent in for the application of the chip being used in the reanimated corpses of Humans"

President Bush in an adress to the Nation speaks:
"Now is the time for our country to start lookin' to the future. You can't not be any cooler than a War vet. And we can make that happen for yer loved one's all over again with my new plan that I came up with while drinkin' a cold Busch. We bring em' back usin' fancy science stuff that brangs em' back so we can use our old soldiers as new ones, Pretty cool huh?"

[Chris Bosh]

In 1080p aswell.

[m9105826]

Fenderputty, check out the Aptera. 300MPG available for purchase now. Enjoy.

[Doppy]

All PS3 owners should receive free gas cards.

[rakgi]

@m9105826 yea but if you don't live in California good luck getting an Aptera

[m9105826]

My buddy's dad has one coming to him in August... in Virginia.

[rakgi]

thats weird since they stated they will not ship outside of California for a few years

[m9105826]

lol as they say... money talks, and the man certainly has plenty to throw around.

[Alexander Roy]

CELL - Is there anything it can't do?

Seriously, it's a CPU. CPUs are used in PCs. PCs are used to do research and stuff like this among other things. Do we need news everytime a certain CPU is used to do something that others have done for years before?

[InMyOpinion]

Exactly. It's the program that does the magic, not the processor.

[rakgi]

Then again without the processor the program wont run and the pc wont start like mine when i beat the hell outta the processor and ripped it out of the system cause it beeped at me ^_^

[meepmoopmeep]

a program's ability is limited by the processor it uses.

[InMyOpinion]

And what tells you this program wouldn't be able to run on a normal PC processor?

[rakgi]

it should be able to but most likely not as well since we all know cell works wonders if programmed correctly though i could be wrong

[m9105826]

You clearly know NOTHING about programming. By your logic CUDA should run on an x86 and your desktop could run algorithms meant for IBM's supercomputers.

If you write code for 8 cores, it will only run on 8 cores.

[rakgi]

wow maybe you should of read the last bit I COULD BE WRONG all violent for no reason

[ape007]

hey bush use the cell now

without sending troops to iraq

sony solves this up for you

[Wakka_]

Is there anything the PS3 can't do? Praise be to Yevon.

[Yoma]

"You probably shouldn't be doing it."

[AngryTypingGuy]

"Is there anything the PS3 can't do?" - run games as smoothly as the 360, or get rid of jaggies. :-D

[Rice]

Whats next..."PS3 Cell processor find out the meaning of life", anyways wens 2.40 coming out...im getting really anxious...

[ParadoxicalAssassin]

Its due to release July 2nd.

[Bellic Jr]

to locate Osama Bin Laden. Update ver. 2.40 should lead me to his capture by July 3rd. I'm then gonna use the reward money to buy more PS3's which i will use to locate untapped diamond mines in Africa so I can play MGS4 amongst the Wealty Merchants.

This Is Living On The Edge :P

[soul899er]

no, its not living on the edge its "Playing Beyond" the edge x]

[InMyOpinion]

I've just utilized the power of the cell to design an all new torture program called Home: Bagram Edition. *JOKE*

[ban fans]

Find Jimmy Hoffa's body the other day!

[Egzekutor]

lol

[juuken]

xD

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Gaming
music
video's
wifi-psp connection
internet browser
linux
skype
curing cancer
helping the world in it's oil crisis

is there seriously anything it cant do?

[coasterfreak1029]

I thought Skype was only for PSP.

[meepmoopmeep]

yeah, Skype is only on the PSP as of now, i can see it going to PS3 in the future though

[ThatCanadianGuy]

I didnt think i would have to explain that,but whatever.

[ICUP]

8D

[xtreampro]

thers no such thing as 8D, and 4D stands for the ageing of enviroments in real-time, when playing a game so dont try n bring that up, and for the record the BLOW-UP-BOX-BURN-MY-HOUSE-DOWN -N-BURN-ME cant even do 4D

[meepmoopmeep]

uh.. ICUP is making a smiley face thingy

[xg-ei8ht]

So you want 4d oil running at 120fps. hmm interesting.

[Hellsvacancy]

it keeps the Fire Department in bussiness when your 360 burns your house down - Ooops did i just say that

[kazuma]

man i'm gonna start some drilling with my ps3

[Condoleezza Rice]

That's hot.

[Nitrowolf2]

lol

Off Topic and possibly News:
if this is something interesting and hasnt been posted on here yet can someone post it
its a leaked new trailer of resistance 2
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
i keep failing the test

[Fishy Fingers]

It's already been submitted bro http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...

[LJWooly]

You should have made a request in the forums, not here.

[ApocalypseShadow]

but sometimes it has to do a little "wetwork."

those that understand the "hive" approach to processors over single chip design will love this news like myself.

seen terminator?look at the chip that makes them run.

seen star trek?notice how they have multiple chips working simultaneously that make the enterprise work.

CELL will redfine processing and we can thank IBM,ken k and SONY,and even toshiba.let's just hope it doesn't bite us in the @ss later on when the programs and A.I. running on these processors don't kill us.

apocalypse...........

[Fishy Fingers]

Your using Terminator and Star Trek as examples? How about something real? ;)

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Fanboys defending their console and doing all they can to prove to the world it is worthy of the title "super computer". Thus posting up an article about the cell processor being used in other technology and trying to tie it in with the PS3. "PS3's Cell processor helps locate oil" ....no actually it would be Sony's Cell processor helps find oil.

[ApocalypseShadow]

and i'm not trying to bag on you,but.....

a lot of what we have today from the phones,games,cars,space vehicles,tvs,etc....

came from geeks and nerds who watched scifi over the last couple of decades.i thought you knew?they wanted to create what they saw in movies and on tv.

get with the "program."

nice pun huh?

apocalypse......

[PimpHandHappy]

or atleast a cure for cancer

[Peow]

Saving lives(folding@home), then ending them(assuming global warming is true...)

[ThanatosDMC]

Wait are you saying global warming is caused by RROD??? I mean, i understand it can burn down buildings but a planet? Surely, you jest!

[Peow]

No, fossil fuels are causing global warming. The Cell finding more oil means a later time an alternative is required :P. If it were due to RROD Shadow Moses Island would've collapsed into the ocean already...

[Surfman]

we learned yesterday that it can makes mozzarella.

[Surfman]

tomorrow we'll learn that the PS3 can do some time-travel.

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

Did someone Mention Cheese??? ;-D

[Ali_The_Brit]

amazing PS3 once again, lets not forget its curing cancer too with folding@home

[Surfman]

I wonder if it can burns houses..

[highdro]

looks like sony really wanted the ps3 to be more than a game console after all, i can only imagine how their games will use when they used its full power !

[pow3r of t3h c3ll]

This means the PS3 can be used to help Bush and his oil cronies in Iraq!

This is besmirching the PS3's good name!

[RAM MAGNUMS]

No offence to my droids but i really not to cool with sony's timetable.
We help try to cure cancer with folding at home and now this little extra bit of news is really amazing but im kinda selfish and I really want everything that was promised.
These extras though nice and free sometimes irritates me!

[PimpHandHappy]

What do you guys think about this? Will this lower gas prices somewhere far, far away from $5 a gallon? Are you going to mod your PS3 to start drilling for oil in your backyard? Ah, the possibilities...

drilling and hitting oil are big money

a cure for cancer might be bigger money

And all i want is good looking fun games!

PS3 is a steal at 400 bucks

[LinuxGuru]

Great, now the PS3 is going to be targeted for aiding mankind's love for oil and for contributing to global warming.

[zapass]

i'm folding on solar

[n00bzRtehgey]

BUT... TEH CELLL!!!!!!!!!!!

[OmarJA]

But what moron

but teh 3fixme is a good toaster

[meepmoopmeep]

you mean The Cell that many scientists, military and government organizations are using because of its sheer processing power?

yeah, that Cell.

;)

[Mutley416]

What update will this be coming in...3.0...lmao-
Sony Style going to sell USB powered oil pumps...sweet...I`ll trade in my old sixaxis for one-
I hope the new Blu-tooth adapted Ocean scanners come in black-

[ThanatosDMC]

I want home...

[thehitman]

its going to take for some1 to put the processor in PCs. I think things are moving to slow for the Cell to be out for a little under 2 years and the higest thing on the market is a quad.

[Sayai jin]

Hmmmm, okay.

[REDZEV]

Instead of finding Oil they should get the "CELL" to help sony find and track down solid non fanboy user base. Instead of the Diehard jobless Emo Sony fanboys who Troll the N4G forums all day saying how great the POS3 is. Dont you guys get a little tired of being in denial all the time???

[zapass]

it is never boring to poo on you xcoxucka's faces, never.
you guys are the dumbest gamers in the universe and denial is your #1 achievement: you own it, no matter what we do, lol!

every gamer worth respect knows what a retard POS your toaster is.
E3 is gonna be nuclear ownage and you're right, thanks n4g to provide a privileged spot to inspect the damage: LOL!

it is a lot of fun to see you guys get nervous as the ps3 rises: we all see it happening but there's absolutely nothing you guys can do XD

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HA HA HA HA!

[ry-guy]

I'm sorry but the Cell has nothing to do with my ability to find oil or natural gas.

Yes it increases my computer's processing powers but I am the one that does the prospecting.

Not some dumb computer.

[karlostomy]

to run multiplats as well as the 360?

I am just confused. The SOny hype machine and SDF say one thing, but the real world facts are the complete opposite.

I know i know.... it must be the facts that are wrong. What else could it be?

[deno]

Yeah guys ps3 cell can locate oil but professional technology in the government can't. The ps3 cell processor should concentrate on locating customers, because it's in 3rd place.