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a better way to donate?
i was just thinking about the total cost of folding...
0.042 kW[1] x 3hrs x $0.055[2] x 260000 CPUs[3]= $1801.80/day
[1] http://www.silentpcreview.com/article28-page4.html
[2] http://www.torontohydro.com/electricsys ... /index.cfm
[3] http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/mai ... pe=osstats
i would estimate that the average person might use their computer for about 3 hours a day? i mean HERE we have a lot of 24/7 folders and people with dedicated boxes JUST to fold... but we're a small and geeky minority.
please feel free to edit my formula. obviously it is a (grossly?) simplified model of what really happens since i'm ignoring some of the other impacts of folding.
would it be better if we just donated our electricity bills to stanford so they could buy some kind of supercomputer? f@h is producing 689 TFLOPS per day at that price... is it worth it? how much is a supercomputer that also does at least 689 TFLOPS?
i'm not quittig folding... just wondering.
0.042 kW[1] x 3hrs x $0.055[2] x 260000 CPUs[3]= $1801.80/day
[1] http://www.silentpcreview.com/article28-page4.html
[2] http://www.torontohydro.com/electricsys ... /index.cfm
[3] http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/mai ... pe=osstats
i would estimate that the average person might use their computer for about 3 hours a day? i mean HERE we have a lot of 24/7 folders and people with dedicated boxes JUST to fold... but we're a small and geeky minority.
please feel free to edit my formula. obviously it is a (grossly?) simplified model of what really happens since i'm ignoring some of the other impacts of folding.
would it be better if we just donated our electricity bills to stanford so they could buy some kind of supercomputer? f@h is producing 689 TFLOPS per day at that price... is it worth it? how much is a supercomputer that also does at least 689 TFLOPS?
i'm not quittig folding... just wondering.
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I think I saw an argument before that it would be far simpler to fold with a supercomputer. I think the draw of F@H is supposed to be that people already have these machines, and the cost of the electricity needed to run at full load rather than idle is small compared to even a single fridge. In essence, they're using what's already here.
Well, the Blue Gene, the current fastest single supercomputer today, "only" packs around 300 TFlops, so I'm pretty sure this is a MUCH more economical way to achieve that kind of computing power.
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Anybody checked the price of a Blue Gene recently? What's it's life expectancy(cost/year)? What's it's daily power requirement in terms of cost? How much air conditioning(cost) does it require? How much floor space (rent)? Salary for staff to run it?
Oh, and we're gonna need two.....
Pete
P.S. Can it cope with Solitaire?...
Oh, and we're gonna need two.....
Pete
P.S. Can it cope with Solitaire?...
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Bad news Boys'n'Girls... the current total is 879 TFLOPS!!!
Looks like we may have to open up a couple more Piggy Banks.
Pete
(Anyboby know how to overclock a Piggy Bank?...)
Looks like we may have to open up a couple more Piggy Banks.
Pete
(Anyboby know how to overclock a Piggy Bank?...)
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0.042 kW? I pay like 6.5 cents for delivery charges, that doesn't include the electrical cost itself (also about 6.5 cents).
But at times computers are left on, used or not, that does not represent the true cost of FAH. It's cost is the power use at 100% cpu minus power use at idle.
Well there are a number of people here that have stopped folding simply because they feel they are helping greedy corporations, so I doubt they will send money to anyone. The thing about folding yourself is you know how the money is being spent.
Ultimately though if Alzheimers is not resolved before most of the Baby Boomer generation reaches the typical age the problem set in it's going to be very expensive for everbody, whether or not the disease directly affects you. IE for this particular subject and time the "Greed is good" theory may indeed benefit mankind.
Most utility companies have excess power during off peak hours and some offer multiple rates (peak and off peak) for electricity. So I'd like to see several hundred PCs at several thousand universities spend midnight to 6:00 am folding at a reduced cost. Not that other businesses couldn't do the same thing, but universities, as education centers, should lead the way.
I'm gunning for you Mr Poopyhead -
Aris
But at times computers are left on, used or not, that does not represent the true cost of FAH. It's cost is the power use at 100% cpu minus power use at idle.
Well there are a number of people here that have stopped folding simply because they feel they are helping greedy corporations, so I doubt they will send money to anyone. The thing about folding yourself is you know how the money is being spent.
Ultimately though if Alzheimers is not resolved before most of the Baby Boomer generation reaches the typical age the problem set in it's going to be very expensive for everbody, whether or not the disease directly affects you. IE for this particular subject and time the "Greed is good" theory may indeed benefit mankind.
Most utility companies have excess power during off peak hours and some offer multiple rates (peak and off peak) for electricity. So I'd like to see several hundred PCs at several thousand universities spend midnight to 6:00 am folding at a reduced cost. Not that other businesses couldn't do the same thing, but universities, as education centers, should lead the way.
I'm gunning for you Mr Poopyhead -
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