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Supercomputer made from PlayStation is fastest of all

A supercomputer built with parts made for a Sony PlayStation has become the fastest system in the world. IBM�s Roadrunner machine is the first computer to process at the 1 petaflops level.

A supercomputer built with parts made for a Sony PlayStation has become the fastest system in the world.

IBM's Roadrunner machine is the first computer to process at the 1 petaflops level, moving the industry into a realm of unprecedented computing power.