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Sony and the Playstation 3 have been successful with the Folding@home project, and it seems Microsoft wants to get in on it too with the Xbox 360. Could be a possibility, the 360 does have a CPU about as powerful as the PS3's. However, there are some doubts as to if it could be a valuable asset.
Xbox boss reveals Microsoft would consider assisting research initiatives
Microsoft games boss Peter Moore has indicated that the company would seriously consider running a research project similar to Sony's Folding@home initiative on the Xbox 360.
The Folding@home project allows multiple, connected PlayStation 3's to calculate data to aid medical research for Stanford University.
Sony's assistance has been widely praised for bringing attention to such schemes, where idle home consoles are able to simulate the processing power of multiple PCs.
"If we truly believe that we can in some way marshal the resources of a much larger installed base of Xbox 360 owners, with a processor that's of equal power to the PS3, then you have my commitment that we'll look at that," commented Moore, corporate VP of interactive entertainment at Microsoft, to The Mercury News.
"And if we believe we can add value to solving a gnarly problem such as medical problems and the health problems that Folding@home seems to be doing, then we'll certainly look at that very strongly."
So far, over 250,000 registered PlayStation 3 users have signed for the Folding@home project, although Moore is still wary of the actual results
"I'm not quite sure yet whether we're seeing real tangible results from the PlayStation 3 Folding@home initiative. We continue to look at this and see whether there's real value," he added.
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I find Moore's statements truly strange - why does he speak in riddles and conjecture. He's basically saying that they would look into this if they felt that it could be done, and that it has an effective use. Clearly the scientific community believes folding can ultimately provide the key to several scientific breakthroughs. And obviously gamers want to be a part of it, as evidenced by the PS3 movement.
It sounds like alot of beating around the bush to make noise rather than really committing to anything.
"If we truly believe that we can in some way marshal the resources of a much larger installed base of Xbox 360 owners, with a processor that's of equal power to the PS3, then you have my commitment that we'll look at that,"
This basically means, they cant right now. And you know what, their system isnt a entertainment system as the PS3. So in the end its futile. Even if the crossfire X1950 XT is more efficient, you know how long it would take for them to make a larger install base. And the amount of money the xbox will be after that, Probably 100 if not $200 dollars more. And there a possibility of the blue-ray disc driver xbox will use, add another 200 to that, you get $699 dollars. So if i was them i would suggest stay away from this.
It has been confirmed by stanford that 10,000 PS3's is equal to 100,000 PCs processing power. The xbox doesnt have alot of processing power. Or equal to PS3. So by this Xbox is trying to make there system more expensive then ps3, do you really think ppl will buy xbox then. Nope, thats why they should stick to games.
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