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[Proto]

After checking, it seems there is no GPU based program for Linux, and since all of our computers are Ubuntu enabled... I guess its their lose

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[D.D.]

Put a couple more blades in. One more HS20 and one more LS20.

I'll wait a couple of days to see if my results are actually reaching the server...after that I might put in an octocore HS21.

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[Ahielia]

Originally Posted by D.D.

after that I might put in an octocore HS21.

Octocore... as in 8 cores? Oo Need.


Anyhow, just joined the NGEmu team.

[cottonvibes]

Originally Posted by Phil

Cotton, are you alluding to the fact that you earn a Salary for working on PCsx2
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nah, but pcsx2 is something that i enjoy coding for, so its not really 'work'.
folding@home however, wouldn't be something i enjoy, so it counts as work for me.

plus, i do get credited coding for pcsx2, unlike folding@home.

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[D.D.]

Originally Posted by Ahielia

Octocore... as in 8 cores? Oo Need.


Anyhow, just joined the NGEmu team.

Well..8 cores would just be 2 Quad cores in one box. We do have one Dunnington with 12 cores in total and a x3850M2 with 24 cores (4 socket Dunnington box).

However, I don't think I'll be able to put those to use Folding because those get wiped all the time...I've just put Folding in our infrastructure stuff.

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[runawayprisoner]

Thank god PS3 only uses 120-200W per day... so I guess I just gotta shell out that extra $10 per month, eh?

But on top of that, I can still listen to music and read some news on Google News.

And the client is called "Life with PlayStation" instead of Folding@Home so it's not exactly putting me off anymore.

Anyway, I joined with the PS3 (more economical than my PC, I bet). And at the rate I'm going. Maybe about 2-3 work units per day.

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[Cid Highwind]

That would be so awesome D.D, I'm really interested in what numbers you'll be able to generate. I didn't even know you were havnig such a position in a company of that calibre. Kudos dude

Shame about your GPU's though Proto, maybe the SMP multicore client will be an option still?

And RAP, how can a PS3 use 120-200W a day, when a Watt is joule/second? Sounds like faulty reasoning to me Anyway, the PS3 has proven to be a very good workhorse for this project.

I seem to finally have found a way to get Folding to run stable here. I downclocked my GPU/Mem to 720/500 and I didn't get a VPU recovery anymore. On top of that the entire deal runs quieter and cooler, while I lose a minimum of productivity. About 3 hours per work unit now.

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[D.D.]

I'm not actually in a high position at all. I work in a hardware lab in IBM where we setup a lot of x86 servers, test them, etc.

That said, a bit of a followup is in need. I set up the clients to work on "big" units because I figured they would be on 24/7 anyway, so its a good chance to give back to the community in a way that most people won't be able to. Still though it'll take a while to complete, since I can't in my right mind use the beta-SMP Folding client on our infrastructure machines

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[runawayprisoner]

Originally Posted by Cid Highwind

And RAP, how can a PS3 use 120-200W a day, when a Watt is joule/second? Sounds like faulty reasoning to me Anyway, the PS3 has proven to be a very good workhorse for this project.

Sorry! Sorry... I just had a good sip of coffee finally because I'm about to lose it. lol Been working on a Flash project for god knows how long and I'm almost out cold. Phew... feels much better now.

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And I contributed 2 WUs.

I seem to finally have found a way to get Folding to run stable here. I downclocked my GPU/Mem to 720/500 and I didn't get a VPU recovery anymore. On top of that the entire deal runs quieter and cooler, while I lose a minimum of productivity. About 3 hours per work unit now.

Wow... takes me about 4-5 hours per work unit on the PS3.

[D.D.]

Seems like two of my work units made it in, so I decided to put more instances on the Quadcore machines. Previously they were running at 1 core only (one instance on one core), so I put one more instance such that utilization is now at more or less 50%.

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[Phil]

D.D, how about you asking IBM's ceo to let the you use the Blue Gene to run folding@home

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[D.D.]

Originally Posted by Haruhi

D.D, how about you asking IBM's ceo to let the you use the Blue Gene to run folding@home

Haha BlueGene...I'm not sure if its made to run folding very well anyway. Plus I live in Canada so its not like I can sneak that on there. On top of that, I'm not that high up in the company (though I have talked to and shaken the hand of the head of the technology branch in Canada on several occasions)

That said we do have a secret project being built closeby in Toronto and upon completion should be the most powerful super computer in Canada. I should be able to get my hands on that baby soon enough Don't know if I'll be able to install Folding@home on them though, as mostly they'll be running customized Unix (AIX) on the Power6 boxes or a flavour of Linux on the x86 boxes.

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[Phil]

Secret project? "smells blood* Are you covered by a NDA??

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[D.D.]

I don't know if I am or not, so just in case I'll assume I am. Sorry to be a tease but it should be public soon anyway.

EDIT: actually there was a press release a while ago http://www.news.utoronto.ca/campus-n...-from-ibm.html

It does give some detail as to what it'll be but nothing exact.

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[Phil]

And to think that you will get your hands on that!

I have ONE REQUEST. See how fast FFX can run via PCSX2 on it

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[masta.g.86]

I'm in the lead! ..... for now. At least until Cid starts up his GPU client again.

The CPU SMP client finished a WU last night that netted the team an additional 1500 or so points. This was thanks to the "a1" core.

I was running 2 simultaneous instances of FAH and both were processing an a1 core. After doing the math, I figured out that one of the cores wouldn't finish before the deadline. (they only gave me 3 days ) I shut down the other FAH client to allow the other to finish.

Afterward, I restarted the other client only the receive the dreaded "Work Unit Corrupted After Shutdown" error. Bah. Seems that stopping the a1 core before it finishes often results in this. -_-

EDIT: As a note, NGEmu is now in the top 30,000!

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[Phil]

LOL. Once D.D works his magic, well be in the lead

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[Samor]

hm... I think I'll join... if cid's ok with participation of evil nvidia gpu's

[masta.g.86]

Thank you for contributing Samor! Your GTX 260 is proving to be a real monster.

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[Dax]

I just signed up. Guess we'll see how powerful my 8800GT is.

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