Today there will be an update for the widely successful Folding@Home client for the PS3. The update will allow the PS3 to work even harder on work units to complete them faster.
“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.”
An update to version 1.1 will be available tomorrow. The updated software features an improvement in folding calculation speeds, increased visibility of user location on the globe and the ability for users to create longer donor or team names.
Other interesting facts about the Folding@Home program since the PS3 client was released:
- More than 250,000 unique PS3 users have registered to the program in just one month.
- PS3 users are delivering nearly 400 teraflops, achieving a total computing power of over 700 teraflops at a single moment. This is more than double the computing capacity of the network before PS3 joined the program.
- The “halo-effect” of PS3 has been evident as the number of active PCs has increased by 20 percent in the last month.
If you have a PS3 and haven’t started participating in Folding@Home, do this as soon as possible. You’re not just doing something cool with your game console, you’re helping save lives.
