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How does it work (summary)? |
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The distributed computing concept allows many computers to simulate
the folding of proteins in a widescale environment and allow Stanford's
Folding@Home group to study many different proteins more quickly and
effectively instead of relying on a few processors to process all the work,
which will take a very very long time.
You as a project member volunteer your unused processor cycles by running the folding client that can be downloaded
from Stanford's website. After you install the client, it connects to
the assignment servers and downloads a work unit (WU) and a core program
that will use your unused processor cycles to process the work. Once the work
is completed, the client will then reconnect to the server and send
the results back.
Please read Folding@Home FAQ on why not use a supercomputer. More information can be found at Stanford's Folding@Home site.
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