Folding@Home More Useful On PS3 Than On Xbox 360
It seems Sony fanboys have something they can brag about on many a bulletin board. The idea of Folding@Home going to the Xbox 360 has been thrown around here and there since it’s been so successful on the PS3, but it seems the 360 would not be as effective at crunching numbers as the PS3 is.
In a recent interview with Pro-G, Folding@Home creator Vijay Pande replied to the question of whether or not he believed the 360 was powerful enough to be useful in the Folding@Home project,
“Possibly, although the cell processor in the PS3 is much more powerful for our calculations than the CPU in the Xbox 360.”
Vijay goes on to discuss how helpful the PS3 is with the project,
“We are simulating key processes in protein folding and misfolding in Alzheimer’s Disease. PS3’s are performing aspects of these simulations, and doing so about 20 times faster than a typical PC.”
Even though the 360 would not be as helpful as the PS3 when it comes to working on Folding@Home, I believe it should still be considered an option since it is for such a good cause. But my only concern is with Xbox 360 owners who mean to do something nice by allowing their 360 to be used for the Folding@Home project, and ending up with a bricked console. IF Pande decides there is a way to have Folding@Home on the Xbox 360, I just hope they figured out everything so there isn’t an uproar by very angry dead 360 owners.
Xbox 360, Sony, Playstation 3, PS3, Microsoft, Folding@Home, Vijay Pande
May 6th, 2007 at 12:40 am
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