PC grid computing is based on the idea that the unused computational
power of desktop PCs can be harnessed to create an aggregate
computational resource greater than the largest clusters and
the most powerful supercomputers available - at a fraction
of the cost.
PCs are more powerful than ever before. Remarkably, GartnerGroup
research tells us over 95% of today's PC power is wasted; between
mouse-clicks, keystrokes, and spikes of routine application
program activity, the average PC sits idle. Distributed computing
technology provides the means to harness these valuable unused
CPU cycles to create an aggregate computational resource known
as a PC grid.
Korea@Home is a distributed computing project
which searchs new drug candidates.