Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
Posts: 874 from 2007/4/9
From: Kingston upon ...
Quote:
Andreas_Wolf wrote:
> A gpu dnetc client.
Wouldn't this require at least R500 support as well as FireStream/OpenCL support in MorphOS?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed.net#Development_of_GPU-enabled_clients
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_FireStream
Aww! Spoil-sport.
(Thanks for the link though, good to know the threshold for such things.)
On a related note, I'd be far more interested to see some GPU acceleration rather than any multi-core/cpu implementation.
Multiple cores/cpus (in idealised terms) can multiply effectiveness linearly with increased number. Offloading eg vector/matrix operations to a GPU would make far more of a difference.
www.hullchimneyservices.co.uk
UI: Powerbook 5,6 (1.67GHz, 128MB VRam): OS3.1, OSX 10.5.8
HTPC: Mac Mini G4 (1,5GHz, 64MB VRam): OS3.1 (ZVNC)
Audiophile: Efika 5200b (SB Audigy): OS3.1 (VNC + Virtual Monitor)
Windows free since 2011!