▁project ▁sur pass ed ▁one ▁p eta F LO PS , ▁which ▁had ▁never ▁previously ▁been ▁att ained ▁by ▁a ▁distributed ▁computing ▁network . ▁Additionally , ▁the ▁collect ive ▁efforts ▁enabled ▁PS 3 ▁alone ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁p eta F LO PS ▁mark ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁In ▁comparison , ▁the ▁world ' s ▁second - most ▁powerful ▁super comput er ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁IBM ' s ▁Blue G ene / L , ▁performed ▁at ▁around ▁ 4 7 8 . 2   tera F LO PS , ▁which ▁means ▁F old ing @ home ' s ▁computing ▁power ▁is ▁approximately ▁twice ▁Blue G ene / L ' s ▁( although ▁the ▁CPU ▁inter connect ▁in ▁Blue G ene / L ▁is ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁million ▁times ▁faster ▁than ▁the ▁mean ▁network ▁speed ▁in ▁F old ing @ home ). ▁As ▁of ▁May ▁ 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁F old ing @ home ▁runs ▁at ▁about ▁ 9 . 3 ▁x 8 6 ▁p eta F LO PS , ▁with ▁ 1 . 6   p eta F LO PS ▁generated ▁by ▁ 2 6 , 0 0 0 ▁active ▁PS 3 s ▁alone . ▁In ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁a ▁cluster ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 ▁Play Station ▁ 3 ▁cons oles ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁generate ▁a ▁ro gue ▁SSL ▁certificate , ▁effectively ▁crack ing ▁its ▁encryption . ▁ ▁Main frames ▁IBM ▁announced ▁on ▁April ▁