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'''GPUGRID''' is a [[distributed computing]] project hosted by [[Pompeu Fabra University]] and running on the [[Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing|Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC)]] software platform. It performs full-atom [[molecular biology]] simulations that are designed to run on [[Nvidia]]'s [[CUDA]]-compatible [[graphics processing unit]]s. Support for the [[PS3 | PS3]]'s [[Cell (microprocessor)|Cell microprocessor]] was dropped in 2009 due to updated firmware preventing the installation of required third party software including [[Linux distribution | Linux distributions]]. The massive throughput of [[Nvidia | Nvidia]] [[GPU | GPU]]'s has also made the PS3 client largely redundant. As of September 2009, a mid-range Nvidia GPU ran GPUGRID applications approximately five times faster than the Cell microprocessor. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gpugrid.net/forum_thread.php?id=1297&nowrap=true#12271 |title=NEW PS3 OS3.0 => NO Linux/BOINC |publisher=http://www.gpugrid.net/forum_index.php |date= |accessdate=2011-04-27}}</ref>
'''GPUGRID''' is a [[distributed computing]] project hosted by [[Pompeu Fabra University]] and running on the [[Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing|Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC)]] software platform. It performs full-atom [[molecular biology]] simulations that are designed to run on [[Nvidia]]'s [[CUDA]]-compatible [[graphics processing unit]]s. Support for the [[PS3 | PS3]]'s [[Cell (microprocessor)|Cell microprocessor]] and the subsequent PS3GRID project was dropped in 2009 due to updated firmware preventing the installation of required third party software. This included [[Linux distribution | Linux distributions]] that are required to run [[BOINC | BOINC]]. The massive throughput of [[Nvidia | Nvidia]] [[GPU | GPU]]'s has also made the PS3 client largely redundant. As of September 2009, a mid-range Nvidia GPU ran GPUGRID applications approximately five times faster than the Cell microprocessor. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gpugrid.net/forum_thread.php?id=1297&nowrap=true#12271 |title=NEW PS3 OS3.0 => NO Linux/BOINC |publisher=http://www.gpugrid.net/forum_index.php |date= |accessdate=2011-04-27}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 09:56, 10 April 2011

GPUGRID is a distributed computing project hosted by Pompeu Fabra University and running on the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) software platform. It performs full-atom molecular biology simulations that are designed to run on Nvidia's CUDA-compatible graphics processing units. Support for the PS3's Cell microprocessor and the subsequent PS3GRID project was dropped in 2009 due to updated firmware preventing the installation of required third party software. This included Linux distributions that are required to run BOINC. The massive throughput of Nvidia GPU's has also made the PS3 client largely redundant. As of September 2009, a mid-range Nvidia GPU ran GPUGRID applications approximately five times faster than the Cell microprocessor. [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "NEW PS3 OS3.0 => NO Linux/BOINC". http://www.gpugrid.net/forum_index.php. Retrieved 2011-04-27. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)

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