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Sam

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Message 68890 - Posted: 9 Apr 2016, 15:08:13 UTC

Hello.
I found a very powerful board "Nvidia jetson TX1", I think that will be awesome if we can run BOINC on it, have anyone tried this? Is it possible?
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Message 68891 - Posted: 9 Apr 2016, 16:34:54 UTC - in response to Message 68890.  

The ARM CPU should crunch work depending on OS and project selection. However, I do not know about the GPU portion. I wouldn't say this would be "awesome" when considering its retail cost. A high end GPU would probably be a better purchase. But, if someone already had the device, it might be interesting.
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Message 68892 - Posted: 9 Apr 2016, 16:59:19 UTC

I compiled the Einstein@home Binary Radio Pulsar Search on the Jetson TK1 (predecessor of the TX1). The runtime and Tasks per Watt was just too bad to a normal GPU. My guess is that is due to the slow and small memory on those boards. Maybe one has to optimize the app to fully utilize the GPU but that is only suitable if more people would have those boards (which is less likely because they are not targeted to consumers).
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