One Million PS3 Users Take Part In Folding@home
Sony revealed in a press release today the astounding number of PS3 users participating in Stanford’s Folding@home research project. The number of users has now surpassed one million since its introduction on the PS3 on March 22, 2007. This equates to roughly 3,000 PS3 users registering for Folding@home per day or 2 new registered users every minute worldwide.
“Since partnering with SCEI, we have seen our research capabilities increase by leaps and bounds through the continued participation of Folding@home users,” said Vijay Pande, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University and Folding@home project lead. “Now we have over one million PS3 users registered for Folding@home, allowing us to address questions previously considered impossible to tackle computationally, with the goal of finding cures to some of the world’s most life-threatening diseases. We are grateful for the extraordinary worldwide participation by PS3 and PC users around the globe.”
Currently PS3 users make up approximately 74 percent of the total teraflop computing power of the Folding@home project. For more information, please see official website: scei.co.jp/folding/en/.
February 5, 2008 at 7:30 pm | Playstation, Software |
