[Cbe-oss-dev] ps3vram for performance computing
    Geoff Levand 
    geoffrey.levand at am.sony.com
       
    Thu Jan  1 04:46:54 EST 2009
    
    
  
John Lange wrote:
> I'm just curious if the Vidio-Ram as Ram stuff has any potential
> application for cluster performance?
No.  Generally, for performance, you decompose the problem such that
the working set is within system memory.
> As a side question; I've previously about drivers for nVidia and ATI
> cards which allow the video CPU to be used for crunching numbers.
> 
> Would that have any potential application on the PS3?
No, the PS3 does not support that.
-Geoff
    
    
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