Sony PS3 folding@home: Playstation 3 owners, do you use it?
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3 | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: February 28, 2008 | 23 Comments
Remember a few years back people were asked you join thousand of PC’s together so that complex calculations could be made; this was called Folding@Home and was to do with the study of protein folding. Well now since the launch of the Playstation 3, this study is underway once again, as the PS3 Cell processor is very powerful and is ideal for this task.
Will you be one of those Playstation 3 owners who will take part in folding@home, if you are you might be able to help in the fight of protein folding and related diseases. One such disease is Alzheimer’s; this is something that many of us have seen firsthand.
To be able to take part, all you need is PS3 system version 1.6 or above, just go into the Network section and you will see a Folding@Home in your menu, just click it, it’s that easy.
Do PS3 owners already use folding@home?
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Im not sure exactly what it does or how it helps diseases. If someone could roughly explain then I would be more than happy to help.
I’ve been doing it in my off hours since I got my PS3. I just processed my 600th work unit this week!
“you might be able to help in the fight of protein folding and related diseases”
Protein folding is not a disease - without it you would quite literally fall apart. Proteins are supposed to fold, and every biological process is dependent on this, but the understanding of exactly how they fold and what effect this has on interactions is what makes this useful in the study of disease.