Category: Software development

Several people have been curious about any news regarding a new GPU client/core.  We hit a few snags and then hit the holiday break, but the team is back now. …

People have been asking a couple of questions about the new GPU’s.  A few added notes: we will support the 2xxx and 3xxx class ATI cards ATI’s CAL *may* support…

A new version of Folding@home for the PS3 was released today.  You can learn more about it here:http://blog.us.playstation.com/2007/12/18/new-foldinghome-features-coming/but I’ll post the update below as well in verbatim.  Noam Rimon is…

So here’s what I’ve been alluding to for a while.  With the help of ATI and people in the FAH team (notably Adam Beberg, Mark Friedrichs, and Chris Sweet [Chris…

We’ve done a lot of code development in FAH, using FAH’s power to make advances in the science of how molecules are simulated.  We are working now to give these…

We’ve recently written a new FAQ to talk about FAH and open source (see https://foldingathome.org/English/FAQ-OpenSource ).  The basic jist of the FAQ is that if someone would like to understand…

The v6 client open beta rollout has been moving well as well.  For the most part, there have been no problems.  The main issues right now has been trying to…

We’ve been making some significant progress with the GPU core recently.  We’ve had a switch of personnel: Vishal graduated, and Mark Friedrichs (professional programming staff) & Adam Beberg (CS graduate…

We’re finally set to start rolling out version 6 (v6) of Folding@home.  You can download a beta version from our download page.  There are several changes to v6, many under…

With V Vishal leaving (now known as Dr. Vishal), we’ve brought on new people to work on GPU core work.  In particular, we have two of our strongest programmers working…