[Infowarrior] - USAF seeking 300 PS3s for "technology assessment"

[Richard Forno]

US Air Force seeking 300 PS3s for "technology assessment"

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/us-air-force-seeking-300-ps3s-for-technol
ogy-assessment/

We've already seen the PlayStation 3 put to use for some non-gaming tasks
(other than playing Blu-ray movies), and it now looks like the U.S. Air
Force is aiming to get in on the act as well, with it recently putting out a
so-called Request for Proposal that is seeking 300 PS3s for a "technology
assessment." Needless to say, their primary interest is in the console's
powerful Cell processor, which they say is the "only brand on the market
that utilizes the specific cell processor characteristics needed for this
program at an acceptable cost." Exactly what that program entails is
unsurprisingly being kept under wraps, with the RFP only going so far to
state that the Air Force Research Laboratory is "conducting a technology
assessment of certain cell processors." Whatever it is, the Air Force
certainly seems to be trying to keep costs as low as possible, with them
apparently only interested in the 40GB model.