{%- include toc.html -%} BOINC - Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing BOINC is a distributed [grid] computing client that uses idle time on your computer. There are a number of projects that you can attach to and assist with. I will cover how to connect to the World Community Grid via CLI on Ubuntu. World Community Grid World Community Grid’s mission is to create the world’s largest public computing grid to tackle projects that benefit humanity.

As of version 7.0.40 BOINC has the ability to split GPU tasks across multiple work units. Preliminary Change Log 7.0.39 –> 7.0.40: client: add “client app configuration” feature; see This lets users do the following: limit the number of concurrent jobs of a given app (e.g. for WCG apps that are I/O-intensive) Specify the CPU and GPU usage parameters of GPU versions of a given app. BOINC development versions are found here: http://boinc.