Talk:List of distributed computing projects
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[edit] Should be grid computing
Distributed computing in wikipedia has a connotation of being much more tightly coupled than this type of project. The wikipedia entry that best describes this sort of project is grid computing. I suggest a move is desirable to List of grid computing projects. --David Woolley
- I partly agree, but I also disagree with you. Yes, it fits better as far as the wikipedia articles for grid computing. However, in the actual distributed computing communities all over the Internet, I have always seen it referred to as "distributed computing" and never "grid computing" so from that viewpoint, I still think it should be left as is ("List of distributed computing projects"). PS2pcGAMER 14:08, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
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- I'll admit, I have very limited experience in this topic, but as a layperson let me mention that I have only heard of these projects referred to as "distributed computing," even if it is true that this term has a more general meaning than specifically this type of project. If you all do decide to change the name of this article, I suggest you make the change a wikipedia-wide policy, and make sure any articles referring to articles of this type use the accepted vocabulary. Perhaps this issue should be posted on related talk pages as well to draw input.Shaggorama 13:14, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I think the list of distributed computing research projects should be categorized by field of study (economics, mathematics, Internet, cryptography, biology, physics, etc.) Do you agree? /Gary Germeil /4th of April 2006
[edit] SETI@home computes data at more than 100 TFLOPS
According to Boinc Stats page the average computation speed is around 235 TFLOPS. - G3, 12:20, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Project statistics and reference from Distributed computing
This just appeared in the Distributed computing article, but seems better placed here. --Allan McInnes (talk) 14:02, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Popular projects in volunteer distributed computing:
| Project | Start | Where | Area | Peak_#hosts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIMPS | 1994 | ? | mathematics | 10,000 |
| distributed.net | 1995 | ? | cryptography | 100,000 |
| SETI@home I | 1999 | University of California, Berkeley | SETI | 600,000 |
| Folding@home | 1999 | Stanford University | biology | 200,000 |
| Grid.org | 2002 | commercial (United Devices) | biomedicine | 200,000 |
| Climateprediction.net | 2003 | University of Oxford | climate change | 150,000 |
| LHC@home | 2004 | CERN | physics | 60,000 |
| Predictor@home | 2004 | Scripps Research Institute | biology | 100,000 |
| World Community Grid | 2004 | commercial (IBM) | biomedicine | 200,000 |
| Einstein@home | 2005 | LIGO | astrophysics | 200,000 |
| SETI@home II | 2005 | University of California, Berkeley | SETI | 850,000 |
| Rosetta@home | 2005 | University of Washington | biology | 100,000 |
| SIMAP | 2005 | Technical University of Munich | bioinformatics | 10,000 |
