Energy Efficient Computing
Folding on the Gigabyte AERO 16 Part 1: Initial Setup and Test Plan Hey everyone. I have an exciting update .I got a new (to me) computer! This time, it s a productivity laptop , which is to say it s a sleek, aluminum Continue reading
Hey everyone! It s been a while since I ve written a new article, mostly because of welcoming two new members to the family over the past two years (a 4th kid + a dog!). However, I haven t been completely inactive. I Continue reading
Hi everyone, sorry for the delay in blog posts. Electricity in Connecticut has been so expensive lately that except for our winter heating Folding@Home cluster, it wasn t affordable to keep running all those GPUs (even with our solar panels, which Continue reading
This is part four of my Folding@Home review for AMD s top-tier desktop processor, the Ryzen 9 3950x 16-core CPU. Up until recently, this was AMD s absolute beast-mode gaming and content creation desktop processor. If you happen to have one, or Continue reading
Hi all. In my last post, I showed that the AMD Ryzen 9 3950x is quite a good processor for fighting diseases like Cancer, Alzheimer s, and COVID-19. Folding@Home, the distributed computing project helping researchers understand various diseases, definitely makes good Continue reading
Welcome back everyone! In my last post, I used my rebuilt benchmark machine to revisit CPU folding on my AMD Ryzen 9 3950x 16-core processor. This article is a follow-on. As promised, this includes the companion power consumption and efficiency Continue reading
My normal posts on this site are all about how to do as much science as possible with Folding@Home, for the least amount of power. This is because I think disease research, while a noble and essential cause, shouldn t be Continue reading
Welcome back everyone. Over the last month, I ve been experimenting with my new Folding@Home benchmark machine to see how effectively AMD s flagship Ryzen processor (Ryzen 9 3950X) can fight diseases such as COVID-19, Cancer, and Alzheimer s. I ve been running Folding@Home, Continue reading
For those following along, it might be a bit until I get the next article published on testing out CPU folding on the Ryzen 3950x. I m doing a # of threads vs. PPD and PPD/Watt efficiency plot, but with 32 Continue reading
Folding@Home, the distributed computing project that fights diseases such as COVID-19 and cancer, has hit an all-time high in popularity. I m stunned to find that my blog is now getting more views every day than it did every month last Continue reading