The PS3's Cell processor has 1 64-bit PPC core @ 3.2Ghz and it kind of tells the other 7 SPEs what to do. In 32-bit it has an estimated 256GFLOPS if all resources are used. If just the SPEs are used it something like 218. The bad thing is it isn't IEEE747 compliant in 32-bit, but recently akosf said he can make an app in single precision so we can use the PS3 for Einstein.

Can you imagine getting 256GFLOPS for $500 US? Thats freakin awesome dude, i can't wait till Christmas. It also has an exclusive Blu-Ray drive and it has a wireless network card built in. Of course it can hook up to a tv, so you don't need to buy a monitor. Again, you get all that for $500 US. Oh yea and an 80GB hdd.