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Gollumer
Senior Cruncher Joined: Mar 23, 2006 Post Count: 194 Status: Offline |
Question:
The next version of OS-X will be 64-bit. Will WCG be making 64-bit workunits for Intel Macs? (and as my ignorance shows) Since OS-X is BSD based, shouldn't we then be able to get native 64-bit workunits for LINUX? |
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Former Member
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Hi Gollumer,
Right now the alpha development version of BOINC (5.9) is experimenting with a mechanism for asking for 64-bit work units and falling back to 32-bits if a project does not have 64-bit support. So BOINC 5.10 should be all ready for 64-bit projects when they appear. Maybe somebody on the staff knows if any projects are planning to use 64-bit code. I have not heard of any. Lawrence |
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Gollumer
Senior Cruncher Joined: Mar 23, 2006 Post Count: 194 Status: Offline |
Interesting article about 32 vs. 64 bit performance on OS X
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