GPUGRID.net

GPUGRID.net

Developer(s)	Multiscale Laboratory
Initial release	May 12, 2007 (2007-05-12)
Development status	Active
Operating system	Cross-platform
Platform	BOINC
License	proprietary
Website	http://www.gpugrid.net/

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.

Former support for PS3s

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 GPUs 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.

See also

• List of distributed computing projects

Further reading

• Research topics in GPUGRID website's science sections
• GPUGRID's about us section
• Molecular dynamics

External links

• Official website
• Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC)