Yes PS3 have been capable of doing this ever since it was released and have received some good publicity as a result.
I have never seriously considered as to why Xbox 360 was not able to do the same and just assumed that a standard home computer OS was needed to allow Floding@Home to work.
I do not know what prompted them but computer scientists at the University of Warwick claim to have developed a method to enable Xbox 360 to do exactly what the PS3 have been doing for years.
The article did not explain why the scientist chose to use Xbox 360 instead of PS3. Although the article did state that money was a factor, I would have expected - if the scientist wanted the best from their research; they would have chosen a platform that has proven itself at accomplishing this task. Sony's hardware is more expensive than Xbox 360 but surely the difference in cost is negligible when weighted up against research of this importance.
I wonder if Microsoft donated any resources to this research, I am not making any accusations because more companies should make resources available to academic research and Microsoft is well known for working with academic organisations.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8254159.stm
The next time your Xbox 360 fails - you might consider donating it to a similar project when and if this venture gets up and running.
I have never seriously considered as to why Xbox 360 was not able to do the same and just assumed that a standard home computer OS was needed to allow Floding@Home to work.
I do not know what prompted them but computer scientists at the University of Warwick claim to have developed a method to enable Xbox 360 to do exactly what the PS3 have been doing for years.
The article did not explain why the scientist chose to use Xbox 360 instead of PS3. Although the article did state that money was a factor, I would have expected - if the scientist wanted the best from their research; they would have chosen a platform that has proven itself at accomplishing this task. Sony's hardware is more expensive than Xbox 360 but surely the difference in cost is negligible when weighted up against research of this importance.
I wonder if Microsoft donated any resources to this research, I am not making any accusations because more companies should make resources available to academic research and Microsoft is well known for working with academic organisations.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8254159.stm
The next time your Xbox 360 fails - you might consider donating it to a similar project when and if this venture gets up and running.
