From Wikipedia about another, similar project (Folding@Home) > At the time of its inception, its main streaming Cell processor delivered a 20 times speed incre

From Wikipedia about another, similar project (Folding@Home) > At the time of its inception, its main streaming Cell processor delivered a 20 times speed increase over PCs for some calculations, processing power which could not be found on other systems such as the Xbox 360.[36][190] The PS3's high speed and efficiency introduced other opportunities for worthwhile optimizations according to Amdahl's law > The PS3's uniform console environment made technical support easier and made Folding@home more user friendly.[36] The PS3 also had the ability to stream data quickly to its GPU, which was used for real-time atomic-level visualizing of the current protein dynamics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding@home#PlayStation_3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding@home#PlayStation_3