Kameo
04-13-2007, 06:19 PM
As a step on from Folding@Home, it’s being reported that Sony is considering making computing power available to other companies.
www.dailytech.com (http://www.dailytech.com/) says Sony is interested in offering discounts and other incentives to have PlayStation 3 owners create a type of supercomputer grid that can be utilised by businesses.
Various companies - particularly those working in the medical and pharmaceutical industries - are apparently interested in harnessing the power from PS3s, instead of paying outright for a supercomputer. Sony would probably have to pay users to keep the PS3 running all the time for the benefit of paying businesses.
Seems this is all at the research stage with Sony not yet certain how many PS3 owners would be into signing up for such a scheme. Discounts on products, free downloads, exclusive content, and points are all possible incentives for participating PS3 owners.
http://www.threespeech.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/Supercomputer_neu_03.jpg
www.dailytech.com (http://www.dailytech.com/) says Sony is interested in offering discounts and other incentives to have PlayStation 3 owners create a type of supercomputer grid that can be utilised by businesses.
Various companies - particularly those working in the medical and pharmaceutical industries - are apparently interested in harnessing the power from PS3s, instead of paying outright for a supercomputer. Sony would probably have to pay users to keep the PS3 running all the time for the benefit of paying businesses.
Seems this is all at the research stage with Sony not yet certain how many PS3 owners would be into signing up for such a scheme. Discounts on products, free downloads, exclusive content, and points are all possible incentives for participating PS3 owners.
http://www.threespeech.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/Supercomputer_neu_03.jpg