Any update on when we'll be able to use GPU?

JD
John D ID: 3419 Posts: 10
29 Jan 2013 12:05 AM

Title says it all. Any estimated time on that?

NG
Nicholas Goss ID: 57 Posts: 41
29 Jan 2013 03:27 AM

Just a guess, but probably quite awhile. It's a security risk if I understand it correctly, so until they can find a way to fix that they would rather be overly catious then overly stats heavy. hope this helps.

Mark McA ID: 179 Posts: 227
29 Jan 2013 05:09 AM

Hi John, Nicholas,

We will be offering GPU support soon; people are requesting it. It's not a security risk (BOINC's been safely installed on millions of PCs, GPUs crunching happily as we speak), it just lets us add another layer of security if GPUs aren't enabled. Belt and braces.

Still, that's obviously a decision the users want to make for themselves. Which is fair enough, so we'll be upgrading the CE app to BOINC v7 asap.

VM looks to be a promising option for the future as well. As does Android...

Cheers,

Mark