Abasebenzisi abavamile bamakhompiyutha kanye nezinkampani eziningi emhlabeni wonke bahlangene ngenxa yosongo olubangelwa ukusabalala kwe-coronavirus, futhi kule nyanga yamanje badale inethiwekhi yamakhompiyutha esabalaliswe kakhulu emlandweni.
Ngenxa yephrojekthi yekhompuyutha esabalalisiwe ye-Folding@Home, noma ubani manje angasebenzisa amandla ekhompyutha ekhompuyutha yakhe, iseva noma olunye uhlelo ukuze acwaninge nge-coronavirus ye-SARS-CoV-2 futhi akhe imithi emelene nayo. Futhi kwakukhona abantu abaningi abanjalo, ngenxa yokuthi ingqikithi yamandla e-computing yenethiwekhi namuhla idlule ama-exaflops angu-1,5. Lena yi-quintillion eyodwa nengxenye noma 1,5 Γ 1018 imisebenzi ngomzuzwana.
Ukuze uqonde kangcono isikali, ukusebenza kwenethiwekhi ye-Folding@Home kuwuhlelo lobukhulu obuphezulu kunokusebenza kwekhompuyutha ephambili enamandla kakhulu namuhla - IBM Summit, nayo enamandla amakhulu angu-148,6 petaflops. Ngisho nokusebenza okuphelele kwawo wonke ama-supercomputer angu-500 anamandla kakhulu emhlabeni, ngokusho kwe-TOP-500, ama-exaflops angu-1,65, ngakho-ke inethiwekhi ye-Folding@Home inethuba elihle lokuwadlula wonke ehlangene.
Inani lezinhlelo ezibandakanyekayo ku-Folding@Home lihlala lishintsha, njengoba kunjalo nokusebenza. Ukuzuza ama-exaflops angu-1,5 enethiwekhi esabalalisiwe kwaqinisekiswa ngama-processor cores angu-4,63 million kanye nama-AMD ayizinkulungwane ezingu-430 nama-graphics processors. Ngokwengxenye enkulu, lezi izinhlelo zeWindows, yize ingxenye enkulu nayo iyizinhlelo ze-Linux, kepha amakhompyutha aku-macOS angasebenzisa i-CPU kuphela, ngakho-ke umnikelo wawo awubaluleki kangako.
Ekugcineni, siyaqaphela futhi ukuthi amakhompiyutha amaningi manje azinikele ekulweni ne-coronavirus. I-IBM, ngokwesibonelo, yakha ngokushesha i-COVID-19 High Performance Computing consortium, ehlanganisa ndawonye amakhompiyutha amakhulu avela ezikhungweni ezihlukahlukene zocwaningo zase-US kanye nezinkampani zobuchwepheshe ukuze kuliwe nalolu bhubhane. Ukusebenza okuhlanganisiwe kwama-supercomputers abambe iqhaza ku-IBM COVID-19 HPC consortium ngama-petaflops angama-330, nawo amaningi kakhulu.
Source: 3dnews.ru