Today my friend Chris (aka LEON/TiS) given me the following URL that has the
Folding @ home statistics. Really impressive so far :) ...
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OS Type | Current TFLOPS | Active CPUs | Total CPUs |
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Windows | 173 | 181649 | 1843280 |
Mac/PPC | 8 | 9404 | 107891 |
Mac/Int | 15 | 4932 | 28564 |
Linux | 39 | 23214 | 254204 |
GPU | 40 | 676 | 4580 |
PS3 | 1270 | 51199 | 323280 |
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Total | 1545 | 271074 | 2561799 |
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The snapshot was taken today (12/11/2007) and i was impressed by the demographics, that put on my mind the following:
- There is not much loyalty in the clients, most people activate their accounts and one day just stop to contribute.
- Windows users are more prone to use such software
- The PS3/GPU users have almost 15% activity rate (are persistent from the total population), the computer around 9% (except Mac/PPC)
- PS3 has 82% of the TFLOPS with 18.9% of the active population! .... Cell rules!
Next time your mother tells you to stop playing and do your homework, check if the network cable is plugged. Mothers of all the PS3 owners unite!