It seems like I’m not the only one putting my Playstation 3 to good use when I’m not using it by running the Folding@Home application. 13,000 other Playstation 3 owners have followed suit and already the Playstation 3 is accounting for 56% of the total processing power of Folding@Home. Together over an amazing 300 TFLOPS is being produced. Who knows how much power can be produced once more PS3s get involved?
So far I’ve contributed 4 units to the Bloggers United Folding@Home team. I haven’t contributed more as I had to withdraw my desktop PC as for some reason the Folding@Home app raised my Core temp to 60 degrees, even though it only hits 50 degrees in the past when I did my stress testing. Anyway, at least my PS3 is picking up the slack and I’m closing in on Zath. I’ve only been running my PS3 in short shifts though as although the PS3 itself doesn’t get too hot, it’s giving out so much heat I’m worried that it might damage my unit!
To join the team all you have to do is install Folding@home and when prompted enter 54262 as your team number. That’s it.
