Grid Computes 420 Years of Data In 4 Months

The project, dubbed WISDOM (World-wide In Silico Docking On Malaria), ran between 1 October, 2006 and 31 January. 2007. With the use of computers from EGEE (Enabling Grids for E-sciencE), scientists were able to analyse an average of 80,000 drug compounds each hour, in search for a drug that will combat malaria. Up to 5,000 computers were used at any one time, generating a total of 2,000GB of useful data.

This is impressive, but no more so than F@H, Rosetta or the others. Has “folding” like this ever solved diseases in the past? If not now, it will be an exciting day when it does happen.

Source: Computer World