PS3 will hook up with Foldings@home to breakdown proteins and save the world from genetic mutations and other such anamolies!!!

Who cares about those crap PS3 games!!! You'll get a real-time 3D visual of the protein molecule to oogle at 24/7!!!

"PS3 is able "to achieve performance previously only possible on supercomputers," with each computer likely "able to attain performance on the 100 gigaflop scale."

Look!!! Free marketing!!!!


http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6507

I'll definitely rush out and buy a PS3 today!! It's actually good for something finally!!

this was posted last year,i think...before ps3's launch...

If only we can actually see the full potential now...*sigh*

can ps3 fold while playing game?

oh looky here, another ps3 advertisement. great.

Hmmmm I thought they are cutting cost and now gonna push for a lower spec chip ? Instead of dedicated cell chip for vid and processor they are gonna drop 1 and emulate the other. thats what I heard la... dont quote me on it.

haha... another one... huh....

The update with Folding@Home is coming together with 1.60 firmware update which is coming out on March 23rd.

No need ps3 also can save humanity..

They are dropping PS2 hardware backward compatibility and software emulating it in the newer consoles. It's like getting rid of the best part of the PS3

Anyway that has nothing to do with this thread at all.

ikanayam: dude... whats this thread all about then ?? Coz i think I am lost now.. =)))

How does a PS3 "breakdown proteins and save the world from genetic mutations and other such anamolies" ???

Cheers to all

contributing computer power from protein folding prediction analysis.... apparently cell architecture excels in that with multiple RISC processors.

Biology leasons..Genetic mutation occurs at the DNA level, which can bring about a change in amino-acid in proteins or the artificial termination of proteins. The change in amino acid in turns change protein properties or folding from normal proteins. This protein change could cause change in cell structure as in the case of sickle cell anemia, or making the cell divide uncontroled in the case of cancer if the protein involved in cell pathway controlling mechanisms.

This post has been edited by BeastX: Mar 16 2007, 04:44 PM

Some pics of the client in action.

so it wont be working in the background while you play games?
the user has to personally enable the client,then only it will start?
i thought it would be working in the background while you play games...
like this i doubt many people would want to leave their ps3 on just to fold...

from what i heard last time is that you leave your PS3 console on standby mode when your not using it and ur internet connection on ... then the PS3 will automatically connect to the server ... and also i think this only helps if ur in the US coz msia connection is like super turbo speed if u know what i mean

juz wat i read last time

yeah,i know what you mean..
but i doubt folding takes up alot of bandwidth..
we can play online games good enough,im sure folding takes less effort than that..

The thread is about what is said in the first post, as always. That's what i think anyway. =)))



Yup. This sort of number crunching and stream computing is about ideal for Cell, which is why it makes such a good folder.
Too bad the same thing can't be said about game code.

BeastX already answered.

And redbull provide a nice pic of the thing in action.

What's this thread about???...ermmm...it's about PS3 being finally useful....Because it wasn't very useful as a game console to begin with...

i think nothing wrong about humans mutating...love to have claws myself..the next step in human evolution..and ps3 is trying to stop it! damn!

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