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:: 24-Jan-2008 01:59 GMT (Thursday) ::
Several new client versions have been moved from the pre-release page
to the official release page.
*PC-DOS, MS-DOS [x86] v2.9015.504
*OS/2 [x86] v2.9015.504
*Linux [MIPS/ELF] v2.9015.504
*Linux [x86/ELF] v2.9015.504
*Linux [CellBE] v2.9015.505
Download links for all supported platforms can be found at
http://www1.distributed.net/download/clients.php
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:: 10-Jan-2008 05:48 GMT (Thursday) ::
Dear friends,
We have recently detected an infrequently occurring bug in the
released CellBE Linux client that is primarily used for PlayStation 3
systems. The bug in the CellBE core only affects OGRp2 results by
sporadically altering the node counts in completed packets sent back
to our servers. RC5-72 results by the same client are not affected by
this bug. No other operating systems or platforms are affected.
An updated client (dnetc505-linux-cellbe) is available on the
pre-release page (http://www.distributed.net/download/prerelease.php)
and will be moved to the official release page shortly. We encourage
all PlayStation 3 and CellBE users to upgrade to the new client as
soon as it is convenient to do so. If this isn’t possible, we
recommend that you disable OGRp2 in your existing dnetc configurations
(http://faq.distributed.net/?file=176).
The nature of the bug allows us to continue to rely on most of the
OGRp2 results that have already been contributed by affected clients.
However, to do so, we must make some back-end accommodations to
require that the secondary validation pass be completed by some other
non-CellBE client. We would like to limit how long we must continue
to perform this burdensome special processing step by encouraging
people to upgrade to the newer, unaffected version of the client.
Results from the affected CellBE Linux client versions will continue
to be accepted until February 16, 2008. After this time, no further
OGRp2 results will be credited to stats from CellBE Linux clients
earlier than version 2.9015-505. Previously credited user and team
stats will not be affected. Thanks for your attention!
Moo!
:: 18-Sep-2007 08:06 GMT (Tuesday) ::
Just a quick heads-up for the PlayStation 3 client users: we just posted
a release candidate version of the client, which means no expiration date
this time! If no issues are reported, it will be rereleased as an official
client in a few days. For now, you can download it off the pre-release
web page at http://distributed.net/download/prerelease.php
:: 20-Aug-2007 16:37 GMT (Monday) ::
Dear friends,
A few hours ago, the beta Playstation 3 clients expired. We apologize for
not releasing an update earlier; we’re making up for it by including in
this new version optimized OGR cores for the SPE co-processors in the
PlayStation 3, achieving a rate of 35.5 Mnodes/s for each SPE, for a total
node rate (including the PPE core) of 230+ Mnodes/s. We also fixed a bug
which caused one of the crunchers to silently stop running until the
client is restarted, so expect to see improved keyrates for RC5-72 as
well.
We’d like to mention that during the past two weeks of beta testing the
PlayStation 3 has been climbing steadily in our statistics, and currently
stands as the 4th largest CPU architecture in RC5-72, as measured by daily
contribution
and 8th overall
.
The pre-release client is available for download from our web site at
. Once again, we have
set an expiration date of 2 weeks for this beta, after which we plan to
ship an official version if all goes well.
We thank you for your continuing support. Moo!
:: 07-Aug-2007 08:54 GMT (Tuesday) ::
Dear friends,
The PlayStation 3 is here. Perhaps you know somebody running Folding@Home
on theirs? We couldn’t sit idle. Our crack team of programmers has ported
dnetc to the PlayStation 3 platform, complete with optimized RC5-72
assembly code for record-breaking speed.
We really mean it: we have measured the PlayStation 3 processing RC5-72
work units at close to 170 Mkeys/sec, easily making this the fastest
hardware platform our client has been ported to. This is more than 22
times faster than a computer with a Pentium 4 processor running at the
same clock speed as the PS3’s Cell processor. Although OGR is enabled on
this build, work on optimized OGR cores is in progress; expect a
suboptimal rate of about 17 Mnodes/sec if you choose to run OGR.
You are welcome to download this pre-release client from our web site at
http://www.distributed.net/download/prerelease.php. Please note that this
client expires in 2 weeks, when we plan to release a new version including
optimized OGR cores.
We thank you for your continuing support. Moo!
:: 26-Jul-2007 17:24 GMT (Thursday) ::
Dear friends,
We would like to announce that we have recently completed OGRp2-25.2 (ie:
OGR-25 phase 2 sub-phase 2) and are very close to completing OGRp2-25.3. For a
full technical summary of the current progress and phases of OGR, please see
http://faq.distributed.net/?file=230
As we move forward, we have just begun distributing stubs from OGRp2-25.6.
These stubs are the first of the 5-diff stubs and as a result are quite a bit
bigger than stubs we have been working on in the recent past.
We are currently working on OGRp2-25 sub-phases 3, 4, 5 and 6 at this
time. Due to the arrangement of the stubs within the sub-phases,
there are fewer but larger stubs left for the later sub-phases. Our
current estimated percentage complete for all of the OGRp2-25 work is
~64.65%, as of July 26, 2007. You can see the current percentage at
http://stats.distributed.net/projects.php?project_id=25.
We have just released new clients (v2.9004.499) which feature a 1-3%
increase in the speed of the OGR MMX core. You can find the clients at
http://www.distributed.net/download/clients.php
Moo!
:: 26-Nov-2006 21:18 GMT (Sunday) ::
Several new client versions have been moved from the pre-release page
to the official release page. This new release features a new
optimized OGR core that offers improved performance on AMD processors:
*Windows 32bit [x86/Zipped] v2.9013.498
*Windows 32bit [x86/Installer] v2.9013.498
*Linux [x86/ELF] v2.9013.498
*PC-DOS, MS-DOS [x86] v2.9013.498
*NetBSD [MIPSEL/ELF] v2.9013.498
*FreeBSD [4.x/x86/ELF] v2.9013.498
*FreeBSD [5.x/x86/ELF] v2.9013.498
*FreeBSD [6.x/x86/ELF] v2.9013.498
*Solaris/SunOS [x86] v2.9013.498
Download links for all supported platforms can be found at
http://www1.distributed.net/download/clients.php
:: 18-Apr-2006 06:05 GMT (Tuesday) ::
Several new v2.9011 and v2.9012 clients have been moved from to the
official release page. This includes clients for these platforms:
– Solaris/SunOS [x86] v2.9012.497
– OpenBSD [AMD64/ELF] v2.9011.496
– OpenBSD [x86/ELF] v2.9011.496
– FreeBSD [AMD64/ELF] v2.9011.496
– FreeBSD [ELF/x86] v2.9012.497
– Linux [x86/ELF] v2.9012.497
– OS/2 [x86] v2.9012.497
– Mac OS X/Darwin [x86] v2.9012.497
– Mac OS X/Darwin [PPC/OS X] v2.9012.497
– PC-DOS, MS-DOS [x86] v2.9012.497
– Windows 32bit [x86/Zipped] v2.9012.497
– Windows 32bit [x86/Installer] v2.9012.497
Links are on http://www1.distributed.net/download/clients.php and
http://www.distributed.net/download/updates.php summarizes the list of
platforms that have been updated.
:: 07-Mar-2006 19:57 GMT (Tuesday) ::
We are pleased to announce a pre-release client for Mac OS X x86 is now
available!
Eager users interested in helping provide test coverage for this client can
download it from: http://www.distributed.net/download/prerelease.php Please
report any issues by filing a bug at: http://bugs.distributed.net/
So here is the distributed.net take on the Apple switch over performance. A Mac
Mini with a 1.42Ghz G4 benchmarks 15,049,781 Mkeys/s for RC5-72 and 32,176,334
Mnodes/s for OGR-P2. A Mac Mini with a 1.66Ghz Intel Core Duo benchmarks
9,057,090 Mkey/s for RC5-72 and 44,886,648 Mnodes/s for OGR-P2.
PPC x86 x86/PPC performance
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RC5-72 15,049,781 9,057,090 -39.8%
OGR-P2 32,176,334 44,886,648 +39.5%
(Comparing the fastest G4 processor shipped in a Mac Mini with both cores of
the fastest Intel Core processor in a Mac Mini)
The dual cores of the Intel Core Duo give it a substantial advantage over
the single G4 in OGR performance. However, the Intel chip is certainly no
match for the powerhouse G4 in RC5-72 performance. With some more
volunteer help we still might be able to further optimize the code for
Intel Core processors. As always we thank our volunteers for contributing
to the projects.
:: 15-Feb-2006 19:09 GMT (Wednesday) ::
The speeds calculator has been updated to reflect more modern processors.
Note that this is for rough estimates only.
Further note that I have nothing to do with this code other than being
the one to have it in their home directory. All credit for this latest
version goes to Jonathan Smith from the rc5 mail list.
http://www.distributed.net/~nerf/rc5calc.html