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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.""

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thereapersson5793d ago (Edited 5793d ago )

Except play games, lol!

/sarcasm

sonarus5793d ago

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

thereapersson5793d ago

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

Statix5793d ago

Looks like ol' GW has a new favorite game.

Pornlord5793d ago

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.

shazam5793d ago

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

iamtehpwn5793d ago

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.

fenderputty5793d ago

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.

Pornlord5793d ago

@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?"

m91058265793d ago

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

Doppy5793d ago

All PS3 owners should receive free gas cards.

rakgi5793d ago

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

m91058265793d ago

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

rakgi5792d ago

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

m91058265792d ago

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

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Alexander Roy5793d ago (Edited 5793d ago )

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?

InMyOpinion5793d ago

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

rakgi5793d ago

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 ^_^

meepmoopmeep5793d ago (Edited 5793d ago )

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

InMyOpinion5792d ago

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

rakgi5792d ago

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

m91058265792d ago

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.

rakgi5791d ago

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

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ape0075793d ago

hey bush use the cell now

without sending troops to iraq

sony solves this up for you

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Star Wars Outlaws Wanted Levels Can Be Cleared by Defeating Death Troopers

You can clear your wanted levels in Star Wars Outlaws by defeating the death troopers.

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Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 Appears To Have Received A Substantial Visual Upgrade, Comparison Inside

Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 has received a substantial visual upgrade, and we've put together a comparison that shows the improvements.

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Petebloodyonion42m ago

And still no marketing for this :(

Barlos17m ago

Why market something that isn't designed to be sold?

This has GP rental written all over it.

Tacoboto12m ago

They just posted a 20+ minute video about Psychosis and how the game portrays that through Senua.

Regardless of what Microsoft is doing (retweeting Ninja Theory is about as low effort as it gets, and Dashboard Dynamic Themes should've come months ago), Ninja Theory themselves are at least trying.

It's sad though. That new video was a really good behind-the-scenes too, and it just came at such a bad time.

Tankbusta408m ago

How much marketing do games really need these days? People that play games know when its coming out. I really think the days of the constant tv ad etc are going the way of the Dodo. What scares me more is the lack of "previews" on big video game websites, it only got a few on April 4th and then nothing since.

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Sony Makes Changes To PSN Backend To Pave Way For Future PC/PS5 Cross-Platform Releases

It appears Sony is making changes to the PSN backend in order to pave the way for future cross-platform releases across PC and PS5.

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PrinceOfAnger4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

If sony want their games to be more successful on pc and to sell more they need to bring the games day-one like helldivers 2! , and not after 2 years.

-Foxtrot4h ago

If it's first party (can't speak on Helldivers) then the PS5 should be focused on first in my opinion rather than worrying about 2 versions.

PrinceOfAnger3h ago

Nixxes can help with the development and release the games at the same time..

Tacoboto26m ago

Nixxes takes completed code and ports that to PC. I'm sure they do work during primary development but I like this setup.

PS5 owners are treated as first class by their platform holder, PC players get the final complete version, and GaaS are treated separately. Win-win.

XiNatsuDragnel4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

First party ps5 games need to be ps5 only until 6 months imo because they need to sell consoles still and then focus on PC later.

shinoff21833h ago

I don't see a big deal. The sales also help future development. I'm all in.

thesoftware7301h ago

This makes sense, just now doing it shows how behind and short-sighted regarding PC they were to begin with.

shaenoide1h ago

If they release it day one many will not buy a playstation anymore (me included).

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