I gotta say, as geeky as I am, this is worlds over my head, but it just is so very interesting!

Klaus Schulten, an Illinois molecular researcher, and his team generate computer simulations of working human cell components in a process that starts with an expensive supercomputer. The computer crunches data for millions of atoms.

When it's time to view the molecules interacting, the researchers turn to PCs with relatively inexpensive video cards - the same Nvidia and ATI cards that serious game players buy online or at electronic stores.

The article goes on to draw the parallels between graphics in medical research and graphics in the gaming industry, particularly with MMOs.


If you dig supercomupter research, this is a must read article. check it out at Paramuspost.com!