http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/09/28/foldinghome-ps3-breaks-the-petaflop-barrier/ PS3 News and Views Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:37:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/09/28/foldinghome-ps3-breaks-the-petaflop-barrier/#comment-84355 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:45:46 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/09/28/foldinghome-ps3-breaks-the-petaflop-barrier/#comment-84355 Hi Sorry for being a bit of a lagard in the folding regard over the last few weeks. I've been away and my PS3 has shut down due to various power outages in my area. I've got to get my rank back up there. This is truly a worthwhile cause and I encourage everyone to join it even for a few hours a week. It's cool that we are close to breaking 400. I thought we would have a hard time breaking through 500. Way to go. Hi Sorry for being a bit of a lagard in the folding regard over the last few weeks. I’ve been away and my PS3 has shut down due to various power outages in my area. I’ve got to get my rank back up there. This is truly a worthwhile cause and I encourage everyone to join it even for a few hours a week. It’s cool that we are close to breaking 400. I thought we would have a hard time breaking through 500. Way to go.

]]> http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/09/28/foldinghome-ps3-breaks-the-petaflop-barrier/#comment-84311 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:17:23 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/09/28/foldinghome-ps3-breaks-the-petaflop-barrier/#comment-84311 Because only the SMP kernel can be a direct competitor to the PS3s power (and the GPU client). One WU on a single core PC gives you ~100 points (which takes about a day iirc) whereas a PS3 WU gives you 280 points. A 3 day SMP core WU gives you between 2000 and 3000 points!! Because only the SMP kernel can be a direct competitor to the PS3s power (and the GPU client). One WU on a single core PC gives you ~100 points (which takes about a day iirc) whereas a PS3 WU gives you 280 points. A 3 day SMP core WU gives you between 2000 and 3000 points!!

]]> http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/09/28/foldinghome-ps3-breaks-the-petaflop-barrier/#comment-84280 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:48:42 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/09/28/foldinghome-ps3-breaks-the-petaflop-barrier/#comment-84280 I think its bizarre that the PS3's running out there make up the vast majority of computing power, so much so that it is the rest of the field combined, several times over. Despite being less than a 5th of the active CPU's. I think its bizarre that the PS3’s running out there make up the vast majority of computing power, so much so that it is the rest of the field combined, several times over. Despite being less than a 5th of the active CPU’s.

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