250,000 PS3s Folding@Home · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @06:38AM from the that's-a-lot-of-origami dept.

GamesIndustry.biz reports that over 250,000 users have signed up for the Folding@Home project on the PlayStation 3. The sheer number of users has resulted in '700 teraflops in a single moment', most of which is provided by PS3 users. "'The PS3 turnout has been amazing, greatly exceeding our expectations and allowing us to push our work dramatically forward,' said Vijay Pande, associate professor of Chemistry at Stanford University and Folding@home program lead. 'Thanks to PS3, we have performed simulations in the first few weeks that would normally take us more than a year to calculate. We are now gearing up for new simulations that will continue our current studies of Alzheimer's and other diseases.'" The article notes the software has a new update with some refined functionality and faster processing.

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Lame by axia777 · 2007-04-25 12:45 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It is nice to see the Sony hate is running strong even when they are doing something positive like helping to potentially cure something as rampant as cancer. Have any of you jerks that are making fun of this had any family member die of cancer? You think it is funny? How is it stupid or lame that so many PS3 owners are helping such a noble project? You people are so damn lame it is painful to see.