Folding@Home on PS3 - Also news on the GPU client

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Folding@Home on the PS3: the Cure@PS3 project - http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-PS3.html

While the Cell microprocessor does most of the calculation processing of the simulation, the graphic chip of the PLAYSTATION 3 system (the RSX) displays the actual fold process in real-time using new technologies such as HDR and ISO surface rendering. It is possible to navigate the 3D space of the molecule using the interactive controller of the PS3, allowing us to look at the protein from different angles in real-time.
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Neat stuff!!! :D



Also an update on the progress of the GPU client development - http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-highperformance.html

August 2006 We're running on the cluster and starting to ramp up. Vishal's new method to build cores should yield a FAH core soon, but it will take a lot of Q&A (GPU folding is much more sensitive to machine configuration) so it will still take some time before we release the core. It's pretty exciting for us to see the calculation racing away on the GPU cluster! Prof. Pande also formally announced FAH's GPU client at his award lecture at the Protein Society meeting, with a great response for the GPU work. We will be making a more formal announcement of the GPU client and some other surprises relatively soon. Note the update above regarding GPUs -- we currently plan to support only recent generation ATI GPUs (see above).
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just checked out the videos of the PS3 client (at bottom of that page)
the 866K avi shows the interface working though quite low quality - the 6MB avi is much clearer but doesn't do much - the screenshot is also worth a look if you like that kinda thing :p
 
Psycho Sonny said:
im pretty sure that isnt possible
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I've heard of people running one NVidia and one ATi card in the same machine, as I recall it was a PCI-E Nvidia card for gaming and an AGP ATi All-in-Wonder mainly for use as a TV card - this was in an Asrock Dual SATA and the cards worked fine together though you did have to install things in a fairly specific order
 
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