GPUgrid

Volunteers in the GPU Grid project support biomedical by allowing scientists to perform 3D simulations of biomolecular activity, increasing our understanding of diseases such as HIV and schizophrenia and helping pave the way for more-effective drug treatments. Typically, these complex 3D simulations requires a supercomputer. GPUgrid.net provides researchers in the field known as computational molecular biology with an alternative, integrating the processing power of the graphics cards (GPUs) built into many personal computers to create a virtual supercomputer. This cost-effective infrastructure has the potential to radically impact the way biomedical research is performed, and all discoveries from the project will be in the public domain. See if your graphics card is compatible.

Sponsors: University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona; Imperial College, London; IMIM, Barcelona.

Start date: February 1, 2007

Project website: http://www.gpugrid.net/