500 trillion operations per second! 400 terabytes of info! Top 40 fastest computer in the world.
How? By linking together 1,716 PlayStation 3s.
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This will provide analysts with new levels of detail from the pictures gathered on long surveillance flights by spy planes.
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As impressive as the Condor is, it won’t be for long. Barnell envisions integrating smartphone processors into high-performance computing, putting the power of a Condor into a small surveillance drone the size of your fist, something weighing less than a pound and using the energy of a standard light bulb.
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