[WCG] May Update: OpenPandemics - COVID-19

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[WCG] May Update: OpenPandemics - COVID-19

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The project has added GPU power to the existing strong CPU power that supports research for potential COVID-19 treatments.

Source: https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/abou ... icleId=705
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Re: [WCG] May Update: OpenPandemics - COVID-19

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More from the article:
GPU work units

We recently completed beta testing and have released GPU work units for this project. Currently, the project is sending out 1,700 new work units every 30 minutes. We expect to be sending out GPU work at this pace for the foreseeable future.

We will continue to create and release regular work units that use CPU power. This will help keep the work going at a good pace, and will ensure that everyone who wants to contribute computing power can participate.

Stress test of World Community Grid's technical infrastructure

Earlier this month, the World Community Grid tech team wanted to determine the upper limit of computational power for the program, and to find out if the current infrastructure would be able to support the load if we provided enough GPU work to meet the demand.

The scientists for OpenPandemics - COVID-19 provided us with approximately 30,000 batches of GPU work (equal to the amount of work done in about 10 months by CPUs), and we let these batches run until they were fully processed.

The stress test took eight days to run, from April 26 through May 4, 2021. Thank you to everyone who participated in this important test. We expect to have a forum post from the tech team soon to summarize what they learned about World Community Grid's current capabilities and limitations.
From a quick look at the WCG forums, the tech team's report on the stress test hasn't been posted yet.
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