WOW! THE power of the cell

Client statistics by OS

OS Type Current TFLOPS* Active CPUs Total CPUs
Windows 151 158987 1624628
Mac OS X/PowerPC 7 8706 95328
Mac OS X/Intel 7 2700 7192
Linux 35 24949 215658
GPU 41 691 2181
PLAYSTATION®3 304 12394 13329
Total 545 208427 1958316

The PS3 with only 12,394 people have output 304 Terraflops in only 2 days. That exceeds all other clients COMBINED including 160,000 PC's.

The CELL has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt it's potential. If all 2 million people with a PS3 ran this software we would be done with the folding project in one DAY instead of YEARS.

Everyone knows it's stupidly powerful. There was even talk of hooking a bunch up to make a super computer :?nickmag

Client statistics by OS

OS Type Current TFLOPS* Active CPUs Total CPUs
Windows 151 158987 1624628
Mac OS X/PowerPC 7 8706 95328
Mac OS X/Intel 7 2700 7192
Linux 35 24949 215658
GPU 41 691 2181
PLAYSTATION®3 304 12394 13329
Total 545 208427 1958316

The PS3 with only 12,394 people have output 304 Terraflops in only 2 days. That exceeds all other clients COMBINED including 160,000 PC's.

The CELL has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt it's potential. If all 2 million people with a PS3 ran this software we would be done with the folding project in one DAY instead of YEARS.

PabbssPS3

a processor thats good at folding does not mean its best at handling video gamesaudioaxes

o it plays games to man! MOTORS STORM RESITANCE, ETC,  PS3 ITS A MATURE MACHINE  XBOX360 IN THE OTHER HAND IS A TEENAGERS MACHINE

Client statistics by OS

OS Type Current TFLOPS* Active CPUs Total CPUs
Windows 151 158987 1624628
Mac OS X/PowerPC 7 8706 95328
Mac OS X/Intel 7 2700 7192
Linux 35 24949 215658
GPU 41 691 2181
PLAYSTATION®3 304 12394 13329
Total 545 208427 1958316

 

The PS3 with only 12,394 people have output 304 Terraflops in only 2 days. That exceeds all other clients COMBINED including 160,000 PC's.

The CELL has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt it's potential. If all 2 million people with a PS3 ran this software we would be done with the folding project in one DAY instead of YEARS.

PabbssPS3

[QUOTE="PabbssPS3"]

Client statistics by OS

OS Type Current TFLOPS* Active CPUs Total CPUs
Windows 151 158987 1624628
Mac OS X/PowerPC 7 8706 95328
Mac OS X/Intel 7 2700 7192
Linux 35 24949 215658
GPU 41 691 2181
PLAYSTATION®3 304 12394 13329
Total 545 208427 1958316

 

The PS3 with only 12,394 people have output 304 Terraflops in only 2 days. That exceeds all other clients COMBINED including 160,000 PC's.

The CELL has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt it's potential. If all 2 million people with a PS3 ran this software we would be done with the folding project in one DAY instead of YEARS.

CwlHeddwyn

LYNK?

[QUOTE="audioaxes"]a processor thats good at folding does not mean its best at handling video gamesPabbssPS3

o it plays games to man! MOTORS STORM RESITANCE, ETC,  PS3 ITS A MATURE MACHINE  XBOX360 IN THE OTHER HAND IS A TEENAGERS MACHINE

[QUOTE="PabbssPS3"]

[QUOTE="audioaxes"]a processor thats good at folding does not mean its best at handling video gamesOntain

o it plays games to man! MOTORS STORM RESITANCE, ETC,  PS3 ITS A MATURE MACHINE  XBOX360 IN THE OTHER HAND IS A TEENAGERS MACHINE

YEAP! AND ONLY KIDS LIVE IN GAMESPOT 24/7 INSULTIN SONY AND THE PS3,

All thought that is really cool that is that powerfull hopefully soon developers will use the cell's power to its full potentialPeterTimpa

Its a huge learning curve compared to past consoles, so its going to take a fair amount of time to really work it properly, I am optimistic that eventually games will look great and run well.

[QUOTE="Ontain"][QUOTE="PabbssPS3"]

[QUOTE="audioaxes"]a processor thats good at folding does not mean its best at handling video gamesPabbssPS3

o it plays games to man! MOTORS STORM RESITANCE, ETC,  PS3 ITS A MATURE MACHINE  XBOX360 IN THE OTHER HAND IS A TEENAGERS MACHINE

YEAP! AND ONLY KIDS LIVE IN GAMESPOT 24/7 INSULTIN SONY AND THE PS3,

what a shame it sucks for gamingMedic_B

[QUOTE="Medic_B"]what a shame it sucks for gamingalex1889

What a shame your grammar sucks

That's actually pretty impressive. I took a class on parallel programming, and we even discussed IBM's cell processor. It really is a magnificent processor. The world tried to go the mutli-processor route in the early 90's but it wasn't ready, it looks like the time has finally come with Intel and AMD both going that route, and even Video-game systems are starting to have these type of architectures. I've said it before and I'll say it again, right now the 360 and PS3 look about on par, perhaps the 360 having the edge, but by the end of this generation the PS3 will be the clear winner on visuals. Zerostatic0

I knew that as soon as somthing good was said about the cell there'd be at least 5 or 6 lems who still had to say "TO BAD ITS TEH SUXORZ FOR GAMEZ"

You cant spin this, the cell is obviously a good processor and power=power, as soon as they figure out how to use it well for games, it will work well for games, not to mention that this data is for a good cause, but because of your blind fanboyisim you have to bash it.

Worried your machine that costs 200 dollars less might be slightly less powerful?... because.. you know.. that wouldent make sense or anything.

[QUOTE="Zerostatic0"]That's actually pretty impressive. I took a class on parallel programming, and we even discussed IBM's cell processor. It really is a magnificent processor. The world tried to go the mutli-processor route in the early 90's but it wasn't ready, it looks like the time has finally come with Intel and AMD both going that route, and even Video-game systems are starting to have these type of architectures. I've said it before and I'll say it again, right now the 360 and PS3 look about on par, perhaps the 360 having the edge, but by the end of this generation the PS3 will be the clear winner on visuals. Danthegamingman

I wouldn't use this software to claim some sort of performance advantage the PS3 has over the XBox 360. Folding@home also has an ATI x1900 GPU enhanced version of the software which uses that GPU's streaming processors to increase speed 20-30 fold, which is comparable to the speed increase in the Cell (another streaming processor) version of the software. And as most know, the 360 uses an ATI R600 class GPU, which is a generation ahead of the X1900 GPU's.

 http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-ATI.html

I wouldn't use this software to claim some sort of performance advantage the PS3 has over the XBox 360. Folding@home also has an ATI x1900 GPU enhanced version of the software which uses that GPU's streaming processors to increase speed 20-30 fold, which is comparable to the speed increase in the Cell (another streaming processor) version of the software. And as most know, the 360 uses an ATI R600 class GPU, which is a generation ahead of the X1900 GPU's.

http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-ATI.html

CLuget

Why are you comparing GPUs? The Cell is a CPU.  GPUs today are monsterific and dwarf CPUs in sheer math power.

[QUOTE="CLuget"]

I wouldn't use this software to claim some sort of performance advantage the PS3 has over the XBox 360. Folding@home also has an ATI x1900 GPU enhanced version of the software which uses that GPU's streaming processors to increase speed 20-30 fold, which is comparable to the speed increase in the Cell (another streaming processor) version of the software. And as most know, the 360 uses an ATI R600 class GPU, which is a generation ahead of the X1900 GPU's.

http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-ATI.html

Frunku

Why are you comparing GPUs? The Cell is a CPU.  GPUs today are monsterific and dwarf CPUs in sheer math power.

[QUOTE="Frunku"][QUOTE="CLuget"]

I wouldn't use this software to claim some sort of performance advantage the PS3 has over the XBox 360. Folding@home also has an ATI x1900 GPU enhanced version of the software which uses that GPU's streaming processors to increase speed 20-30 fold, which is comparable to the speed increase in the Cell (another streaming processor) version of the software. And as most know, the 360 uses an ATI R600 class GPU, which is a generation ahead of the X1900 GPU's.

http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-ATI.html

CLuget

Why are you comparing GPUs? The Cell is a CPU. GPUs today are monsterific and dwarf CPUs in sheer math power.

Yes, graphics do not come from the CPU... and? Are graphics the only measure of a processor's power? I'd think it would have more to do with physics and hard math. I don't know if the RSX is any good at running this program, but I do know that 150 000 pcs working for year just got beaten by 13 000 PS3's in two days.

The PS3's Cell is more powerful. This is hard fact. That won't translate into better graphics but guess what, I don't care.

Also, excuse me but the Xenos does not equal every new GPU that comes out. This has been going on for too long. First the lemmings said the Xenos equaled an x800 when that came out, then an x1800, then an x1900 when in came out, and now it's supposed  to equal a r600. Xenos is a r500 modified with some direct-x 10 features.

Also, excuse me but the Xenos does not equal every new GPU that comes out. This has been going on for too long. First the lemmings said the Xenos equaled an x800 when that came out, then an x1800, then an x1900 when in came out, and now it's supposed  to equal a r600. Xenos is a r500 modified with some direct-x 10 features.Frunku

While Xenos is not fully an R600 GPU, it's much closer to the R600 than to any of the other class of ATI GPU's currently out in the market due to the inclusion of the 48 unified pixel shader pipes. Unified shaders are, IMO, the fundamental differentiator between current gen cards and next gen cards. That and of course DX10 support, which Xenos has some support for (e.g. the support for SM 4.0). Thus the reason why many, including myself, compare the Xenos with the R600.

[QUOTE="CwlHeddwyn"][QUOTE="PabbssPS3"]

Client statistics by OS

OS Type Current TFLOPS* Active CPUs Total CPUs
Windows 151 158987 1624628
Mac OS X/PowerPC 7 8706 95328
Mac OS X/Intel 7 2700 7192
Linux 35 24949 215658
GPU 41 691 2181
PLAYSTATION®3 304 12394 13329
Total 545 208427 1958316

The PS3 with only 12,394 people have output 304 Terraflops in only 2 days. That exceeds all other clients COMBINED including 160,000 PC's.

The CELL has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt it's potential. If all 2 million people with a PS3 ran this software we would be done with the folding project in one DAY instead of YEARS.

PabbssPS3

LYNK?

That's actually pretty impressive. I took a class on parallel programming, and we even discussed IBM's cell processor. It really is a magnificent processor. The world tried to go the mutli-processor route in the early 90's but it wasn't ready, it looks like the time has finally come with Intel and AMD both going that route, and even Video-game systems are starting to have these type of architectures. I've said it before and I'll say it again, right now the 360 and PS3 look about on par, perhaps the 360 having the edge, but by the end of this generation the PS3 will be the clear winner on visuals. Zerostatic0

Worried your machine that costs 200 dollars less might be slightly less powerful?... because.. you know.. that wouldent make sense or anything.cheatymcshifty

Worried that you've spent $200 more on a machine that's not more powerful when it comes to gaming? You did buy the PS3 for gaming right?

[QUOTE="PabbssPS3"]

Client statistics by OS

OS Type Current TFLOPS* Active CPUs Total CPUs
Windows 151 158987 1624628
Mac OS X/PowerPC 7 8706 95328
Mac OS X/Intel 7 2700 7192
Linux 35 24949 215658
GPU 41 691 2181
PLAYSTATION®3 304 12394 13329
Total 545 208427 1958316

The PS3 with only 12,394 people have output 304 Terraflops in only 2 days. That exceeds all other clients COMBINED including 160,000 PC's.

The CELL has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt it's potential. If all 2 million people with a PS3 ran this software we would be done with the folding project in one DAY instead of YEARS.

UnnDunn

Client statistics by OS

OS Type Current TFLOPS* Active CPUs Total CPUs
Windows 151 158987 1624628
Mac OS X/PowerPC 7 8706 95328
Mac OS X/Intel 7 2700 7192
Linux 35 24949 215658
GPU 41 691 2181
PLAYSTATION®3 304 12394 13329
Total 545 208427 1958316

 

The PS3 with only 12,394 people have output 304 Terraflops in only 2 days. That exceeds all other clients COMBINED including 160,000 PC's.

The CELL has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt it's potential. If all 2 million people with a PS3 ran this software we would be done with the folding project in one DAY instead of YEARS.

PabbssPS3

I think your numbers for the PS3 are a couple of flops off: You forgot to add in Resistence and Motorstorm.

But it will only be used in ps3's and server/t.v.s.

Windows/OSX needs general purpose cpu's not custom made spu's,the OS would need an overhaul to make use of them,and it's never going to happen.

P.S.The cell has yet to prove the ps3 can do more than the 360 yet,so don't WOW at it just yet... 

what a shame it sucks for gamingMedic_B