NVIDIA calls on PC gamers to do their part fighting coronavirus
NVIDIA called on gamers to use their powerful hardware to fight coronavirus.
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NVIDIA called on PC gamersto donate their processing power towards combating coronavirus (COVID-19). Over the weekend, NVIDIA tweeted out an invite to join the fight against coronavirus. PC owners can donate their computer’s processing power through theFolding@home app. The app puts that processing power towards projects that help researchers understand coronavirus.
Folding@home has been around for a while. It relies on donated processing power from PCs around the world to compute solutions to complex problems. Folding@home announced that it wasjoining the fight against coronavirusearlier this month, and NVIDIA encouraged people to join the cause.
PC Gamers, let’s put those GPUs to work.Join us and our friends at@OfficialPCMRin supporting folding@home and donating unused GPU computing power to fight against COVID-19!Learn more →https://t.co/EQE4u7xTZTpic.twitter.com/uO0ZCq8PEvPC Gamers, let’s put those GPUs to work.Join us and our friends at@OfficialPCMRin supporting folding@home and donating unused GPU computing power to fight against COVID-19!Learn more →https://t.co/EQE4u7xTZTpic.twitter.com/uO0ZCq8PEv— NVIDIA GeForce (@NVIDIAGeForce)March 13, 2020March 13, 2020
One of the many ways that researchers are working to combat coronavirus is modeling the many shapes coronavirus comes in and the movements that it makes. Studying these allows researchers to learn how coronavirus interacts with the ACE2 receptor in humans.
Folding@home recentlyshared an updateon the progress of some of its projects related to coronavirus. The update states that “Folding@home team has released an initial wave of projects simulating potentially druggable protein targets from SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) and the related SARS-CoV virus (for which more structural data is available) into full production on Folding@home.”
If you have a PC and want to donate your processing power, you can go toFolding@home’s websiteto find out more. Be aware that using Folding@home will use power and could raise your electric bill. You can customize how often the app runs in its settings.
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