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and would not be forced to update. However, it would make replacing the individual consoles that compose the clusters very difficult or impossible, because newer models would be shipped with v3.21. This caused the end of the PS3's common use for clustered computing, though projects like "The Condor"
243:. as reported by Bio-IT World in July 2008. This application runs up to 30 times faster on a single PS3 than on a regular single CPU PC, and it runs on PS3 clusters, achieving screening of huge chemical compound libraries in hours or days rather than weeks.
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Grid gathered significant media attention through 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. Khanna also created an instructional website on building such clusters.
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Bos JW, Kaihara M, Kleinjung T, Lenstra AK, Montgomery PL (2012).
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620:"Black Holes and Quantum Loops: More Than Just a Game"
297:. Console Watcher.com. August 28, 2006. Archived from
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872:. Bio-IT World. July 2008. Archived from
239:software for the PS3. It was released by
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601:"The PlayStation powered super-computer"
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508:"Why scientists love games consoles"
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851:"eHiTS Lightning by SimBioSys, Inc"
712:Koff, Stephen (November 30, 2010).
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529:Peckham, Matt (December 23, 2008).
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188:On March 22, 2007,
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