So with the release of the CUDA 8 toolkit, we can assume support for the new cards is forthcoming very shortly?
https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit

http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-toolkit-release-notes/index.html

Deprecated Features:

•Fermi Architecture Support. Fermi architecture support is being deprecated in the CUDA 8.0 Toolkit, which will be the last toolkit release to support it. Future versions of the CUDA Toolkit will not support the architecture and are not guaranteed to work on that platform. Note that support for Fermi is being deprecated in the CUDA Toolkit but not in the driver. Applications compiled with CUDA 8.0 or older will continue to work on Fermi with newer NVIDIA drivers.

•Windows Server 2008 R2 Support. Support for Windows Server 2008 R2 is now deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the CUDA Toolkit.

•32-bit Linux CUDA Applications. CUDA Toolkit support for 32-bit Linux CUDA applications has been dropped. Existing 32-bit applications will continue to work with the 64-bit driver, but support is deprecated.

A note about 8.0.44 toolkit: driver 369.30 (non r370 branch) is included in package which most likely allow's for Windows XP support (368.81 for XP is a CUDA 8.0 driver) if the project chooses to develop with now publicly available 8.0 toolkit. Waiting until 8.5CUDA could cease XP support completely unless a workaround is available.

Seems that CUDA 8 has been released recently. Our Pascal GPUs are waiting eagerly to get off the starting blocks ;-)

Seems that CUDA 8 has been released these days. Our Pascal GPUs are waiting eagerly to get off the starting blocks ;-)

The Linux X64 NVidia driver 370.28 is CUDA 8.0 capable and I'm using it on my GTX TITAN Black GPU.
Non Pascal GPUs could be able to crunch too with CUDA 8.0 driver ?

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In addition yo my preceeding post about 370.28 driver :
For Ubuntu (debian) users add this PPA with this command line :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update

Yoy may then use the Synaptic packets manager to install the latest available proprietary driver from NVidia .
You don't need any more a manual installation !

BOINC journal :
... CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX TITAN Black (driver version 370.28, CUDA version 8.0, compute capability 3.5, 4096MB, 4010MB available, 6396 GFLOPS peak)
... OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX TITAN Black (driver version 370.28, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 6074MB, 4010MB available, 6396 GFLOPS peak)

Hope this helps...

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Seems that CUDA 8 has been released recently. Our Pascal GPUs are waiting eagerly to get off the starting blocks ;-)

According to this post, we're waiting for the release of CUDA8.5, so we still have to be patient.

Non Pascal GPUs could be able to crunch too with CUDA 8.0 driver ?

They are working with CUDA8.0 driver, however on Windows systems it seems to be slower than the latest CUDA7.5 driver (359.06).

hi Crunchers

Just to let you know that there'll be a new app coming to support the ascal GPUs just as soon as Nvidia make a public release of CUDA 8.

Matt

Still waiting on the release of CUDA 8.5

So we need clarification then. Which were we waiting on?

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Ephesians 6:18-20, please ;-)
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Cripes! My new 1070 and 1080 are bored beyond belief. So I have to redeploy them at Folding@Home for a while. Too bad that I pensioned my 980 off recently :-(

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I would love to see HCF1 protein folding and interaction simulations to help my little boy... someday.

They definitely said CUDA 8.5 - it's right in this thread. My GTX 1060 is off to Folding@Home, too, since POEM quit a few days ago.

MrS

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They definitely said CUDA 8.5 - it's right in this thread. My GTX 1060 is off to Folding@Home, too, since POEM quit a few days ago.

MrS

Makes you wonder as to the value of some projects when they QUIT! Doesn't it?

.....since POEM quit a few days ago....

Makes you wonder as to the value of some projects when they QUIT! Doesn't it?

Ah, but in reality you should be quite curious as to WHY they quit. Pretty exciting, although sad to lose a favorite project without much notice.

.....since POEM quit a few days ago....

Makes you wonder as to the value of some projects when they QUIT! Doesn't it?

Ah, but in reality you should be quite curious as to WHY they quit. Pretty exciting, although sad to lose a favorite project without much notice.

No, I don't because as they say on their site they now have enough computational resources to do what the need without out you. So thank you for eight years and P***s O**

Or to translate:

We now have no need for "something for nothing"

If GPUGrid goes the same way I'm out for good after 16 years+

BOINC has ultimately proven good only for unfunded projects to exist to some extent until proven to be worthy of funding so BOINC will go on to be a massive waste of our resources in order to preserve theirs.

I am still around for GPUGrid so hope to be proved wrong!

Makes you wonder as to the value of some projects when they QUIT! Doesn't it?

....BOINC has ultimately proven good only for unfunded projects to exist to some extent until proven to be worthy of funding....

So, POEM was of questionable value or not? LOL. Sorry to be a thorn in your side, well, not really, I like poking people a bit. :D

I do fully understand your frustration, though. We donate freely, in hopes of real breakthroughs, and longer/better lives for all mankind, and then those real breakthroughs seem to get patented and cost $100 to $50,000 per dose. Ain't right.

BOINC has ultimately proven good only for unfunded projects to exist to some extent until proven to be worthy of funding so BOINC will go on to be a massive waste of our resources in order to preserve theirs.

They have funding for researchers (student or otherwise) and servers. If they had funding for big computers, they wouldn't need BOINC, or us.

But most of them will publish papers and never get funded beyond that. Whether that is worthwhile depends on the project. I consider some of them a waste of electricity. Others are studies that are very basic, long before the commercial stage, but could be very important eventually.

Hi all !
This interesting discussion about BOINC/projects future would surely better fit in its own thread ;-)
We are talking here about CUDA 8 and (soon ? ) upcoming apps
Regards

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[OT] When science is performed by corporations the objective is profit, not cure.
Boinc is open source. POEM's results will be available to the public and they are making the GPU code available to the scientific community. If they have enough results to analyse and publish their work then their objective is complete & the project was successful.
Most scientists are capable of performing experiments, analysing the results and publishing their finding, but are not in a position to make cures from their work. They do what they can. We do what we can...[/OT]

Alas, until the CUDA 8.5 Dev Kit is released to the public there can be no movement on using Pascal's here. We are in the worst case scenario I envisaged prior to the release of mainstream Pascals. The ball's in NV's park and they are playing tippy-tappy (possession) football.

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Sorry for OT but I really dont understand some aspects...

No, I don't because as they say on their site they now have enough computational resources to do what the need without out you. So thank you for eight years and P***s O**

Yes, and the problem is? They have money now, they will publish their work done with BOINC, now you can support scientists who does not have enough funding. Isn't that a sincere and good approach?!

BOINC has ultimately proven good only for unfunded projects to exist to some extent until proven to be worthy of funding so BOINC will go on to be a massive waste of our resources in order to preserve theirs.

I'm so confused... For some projects it is true, and again - what is your problem with that? That is a proof that work done with BOINC was interesting, useful and worth of support. Support of not only a bunch of nerds like you and me, with computers who usually don't even know exactly what they are actually crunching, but also support of people and institutions with (really) big money and influence. Thats great, not bad.

I am still around for GPUGrid so hope to be proved wrong!

If GPUGRID would for some reason get IDK, NASA support with enough power to thank us I will be very happy. Of course, it's sad to "lose" a project but dont get irrational.

The POEM forum is open if you want to continue the discussion there.

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MrS

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Hey,

Any news or timeline for Pascal Nvidia cards support?

Cheers,
Georg