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<title>Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC)</title>
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<h1>Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing</h1>
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A software platform for distributed computing using volunteered
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computer resources
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<a href="intro.php"><b>Overview of BOINC</b></a>
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<a href=participate.php><b>Participating</b></a>
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<font size=-2>
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Donate computing power to BOINC-based projects.</font>
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<br><br>
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<a href=create_project.php><b>Creating BOINC projects</b></a>
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<font size=-2>
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Use BOINC to develop distributed applications
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<br><br>
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<a href=boinc_dev.php><b>Developing BOINC</b></a>
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<font size=-2>
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Help debug and enhance BOINC software.
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<br><br>
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<b>Other resources</b>
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<font size=-2>Source code:</font>
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<a href=source/><font size=-2>download</font></a> |
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<a href=http://boinc.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/><font size=-2>CVS</font></a>.
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<a href=http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/taskbase/database.cgi><font size=-2>bug-tracking database</font></a>
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<a href=translations.php><font size=-2>Non-English sites about BOINC</font></a>
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<a href=contact.php><b>Contact us</b></a>
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BOINC is supported by the
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<a href=http://nsf.gov>National Science Foundation</a>
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<h2>Status</h2>
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BOINC is under development.
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We are conducting a
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<a href=http://maggie.ssl.berkeley.edu/ap/>beta test of BOINC</a>
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using the <a href=http://setiathome.berkeley.edu>SETI@home</a> and
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Astropulse applications.
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The public release will be announced on the SETI@home web site.
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Several other distributed computing projects are evaluating BOINC.
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<h2>News</h2>
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<b>May 2, 2004</b>
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General preferences are now propagated from client to server,
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but only to accounts with the same email address
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as where the preferences originated.
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<b>April 20, 2004</b>
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Added <a href=cpid.php>cross-project identification</a> system.
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Added support for caching of PHP web pages,
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and restored leaderboard pages.
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<b>April 12, 2004</b>
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Recent fixes and features:
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<a href=http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trickle.php>trickle messages</a>
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for long-running work units;
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benchmarking for hyperthreaded CPUs;
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don't propagate preferences from hosts to projects;
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check for file existence before running apps;
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SOCKS proxy support;
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separate suspend/resume for network activity;
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fix race conditions in server;
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add file compression code.
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See checkin_notes for details.
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<b>March 16, 2004</b>
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An unauthorized
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<a href=calvin-hobbes-boinc.jpg>BOINC graphic</a>.
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<b>February 11, 2004</b>
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BOINC is being used at the Scripps Research Institute
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to run a distributed version of CHARMM
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(a program for macromolecular simulations).
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<b>February 1, 2004</b>
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BOINC now has an
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<a href=anonymous_platform.php>anonymous platform mechanism</a>
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which 1) allows computers of any type to participate
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in a BOINC project, and 2) allows participants to
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run only software they have compiled themselves,
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should they so desire.
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<b>January 22, 2004</b>
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The BOINC core client now provides
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<a href=gui_rpc.php>a set of RPCs allowing separate GUIs to be developed</a>.
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<a href=old_news.php>Archived news</a>
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