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are they comparing SETI@home in 2001 vs supercomputer in 2013? Looks unfair
by laegooose 7y ago
are they comparing SETI@home in 2001 vs supercomputer in 2013? Looks unfair
- wallacoloo 7y agoNo, they aren’t. Read it again. In 2001 SETI@home had more flops than the best supercomputer of the time. In 2013, SETI@home had fewer flops than the best supercomputer of the time.
- slizard 7y agoOn a second thought, projects like the Exscalate4CoV [1] might have a chance to contribute even short-term as they do have the explciit goal to also focus on "Identify virtually and quickly the drugs available, or at an advanced stage of development, potentially effective" [1] hhttps://www.cineca.it/en/news/exscalate4cov-hpc-platform-wins-3-million-euro-eu-funding-hunt-new-drugs-against-coronavirus https://www.cineca.it/en/news/exscalate4cov-hpc-platform-win...