alt Hacker NewsIt looks like folding@home is still going https://foldingathome.org/
I'm quite surprised these are still around as I hadn't seen them mentioned in so long.
I always assumed the phase out of screensavers (and introduction of CPU low power modes) were terminal for them.
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I would've thought that with the advent of general purpose GPUs, cloud computing, etc that they would've run out of work by now.
Are they doing anything not covered by alphafold? I thought that approach basically crushed all previous efforts.
I forgot all about this project - thanks for the reminder!
You can run on a spare Raspberry Pi. I remember doing that. Performance isn’t great but every little bit helps
How many papers have been published as a result of this, and more pertinently, how many "real" things are now being made or used based on that? I'm hoping it's not all just perpetual "regrowing teeth" territory where nothing ever comes from it.
Folding@home got a boost recently from Pewdipie deploying his 12-stack 4090 build against it and then getting a bunch of his fanbase to also participate in his folding@home squad.