What is Folding@Home?

Folding@Home is a distributed computing project — people from through out the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer makes the project closer to our goals.

Folding@Home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing, to simulate problems thousands to millions of times more challenging than previously achieved. Here’s a quick look at what’s going on when you fold with your PS3 or your computer.

I’ve got a PS3 – how do I help?

Ensure that your PS3 has the latest firmware and boot up the “Life with PlayStation” app from the XMB. Choose team 54717, enter your unique username and you’re done!

I don’t have a PS3 – how do I help?

The link to Folding@Home is HERE. You can download the client for Mac, Windows or Linux. Please note that there is a bug in some versions of the client that returns a false reading on how long it will initially take to process the work unit. This takes some time, but you should receive a correct rating after completing part of the unit.

Okay, I’m in. So what’s our Team Name/Number?

We’re Folding Arcadians and our team number is 54717