Guinness calls Folding@home 'Most Powerful Distributed Computing Network'
Whatever else you feel about the PS3, you've got to admit that Folding@home, which uses the PS3's power (along with PC users) to fight disease, is awesome. Heck, for a while there, watching proteins be folded was the best game on the system. Now, the network is being recognized by the wonderful people of Guinness as the "World's Most Powerful Distributed Computing Network."
The record was technically set on September 16 when Folding@home surpassed one petaflop. Fun fact: A petaflop is used to describe both computing power and the awfulness of films in which Peta Wilson has appeared. For you film historians out there, League of Extraordinary Gentlmen set a new bar at seven petaflops. Where's that award, Guinness?
