The suggestions/feedback and chatroom subforums serve the hardware purpose. The GPU subforum was created when the HCC GPU was running. There are around, uh, 250 to 275k active computers, not millions.

I think it's a great idea but I suspect that the forum software here is so ancient and heavily patched that even the simple task of adding a subforum is probably major surgery.

TBMS, would not oppose the addition of a 'Hardware' oriented thread forum [which would be easy to create in the Community section... just ignore the perma-negative/sarc signaling]. It's been asked for multiple times over the years. Why it was rejected in past I do not remember, not fitting in the mission message maybe [oh dear a hardware forum... why is that needed ;], not something existing at any BOINC project, not wanting to become a spammer magnet, and the observed shooting at ABC when XYZ is better, moderation prone, whatever reason. Can live with [replete of team site related links], can live without. There are so many specialized sites with so many much more equipped people and data out on the internet... one accurate phrased Google search command and you got good hits.

To note, not everything can be squeezed into a grid computational problem, and too much money would be hanging off the problem resolution [think so, Big Blue at odd with Big Oil]... Still looking for the 1 second 'reset' battery ;). Don't think it will ever exist, maybe the 1 minute high input recharge [without blowing the accumulator], to draw on slowly for the next 24 hours. Instead we get fuel stations to get a substitute pack in 90 seconds for the next 400 miles, at the price of 100 liters of Euro 95. [Said big oil is so fast asleep].

Hello all,

We have opened a Hardware Chat Room forum.

Thank you!
ErikaT

I must say, WCG, this was totally unexpected. Thank you.

You too, Branjo.