Posts by Carlos Pinho
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| 1) Message boards : NFS Discussion : No progress.
Message 2619 Posted 6 Apr 2026 by  Carlos Pinho
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Abort it. |
| 2) Message boards : Questions/Problems/Bugs : Low/No Unsent tasks
Message 2615 Posted 18 Mar 2026 by Carlos Pinho
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No issues. Sometimes what happens is although there are integers to sieve, the project has to be moved to production stage. This is done manually in the background. 14e side will always be in low load mode. Also, Greg might correct me, but there the generation of Wu's is as per demand and it has a limit. Previous setup of just generating thousands of Wu's in an instance is not an option anymore. |
| 3) Message boards : NFS Discussion : NFS and cache memory
Message 2614 Posted 18 Mar 2026 by Carlos Pinho
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Sieving loves HT. Here BOINC only sieves. All on. Rule of thumb is that you get 30% more output. |
| 4) Message boards : NFS Discussion : Evaluating Intel 18A / Panther Lake Efficiency for NFS Sieving
Message 2602 Posted 16 Jan 2026 by Carlos Pinho
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Answer is no. |
| 5) Message boards : Chat : AVX 512 Support
Message 2598 Posted 16 Dec 2025 by Carlos Pinho
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Not yet although it is on Greg's to-do list. |
| 6) Message boards : Questions/Problems/Bugs : Links to statistics websites
Message 2595 Posted 26 Nov 2025 by Carlos Pinho
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I guess it is a boinc default thing, not sure how feasible it is to edit, but also dependable if they work with https. |
| 7) Message boards : Questions/Problems/Bugs : Does giving more CPU cores to a task make NFS@Home faster?
Message 2583 Posted 14 Aug 2025 by Carlos Pinho
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Answer is no. |
| 8) Message boards : News : BOINC Pentathlon
Message 2563 Posted 11 May 2025 by Carlos Pinho
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Greg will definitely help. He has been warned. As mentioned last year, any issues post it here so Greg can sort them out as quickly as possible. In case you want it to be private due to your team strategy let him know by DM or send me one and I will engage with him by other means. |
| 9) Message boards : Chat : AVX 512 Support
Message 2560 Posted 6 May 2025 by Carlos Pinho
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In reply to Alan St-Pierre's message of 6 May 2025:How can I know if a task is using AVX-512? My new main computer is compatible but I don't know if my tasks are really being processed with AVX-512. Also, how big is the speed bump compared to more regular instructions? In late June there will be a windows version of the sievers using AVX-512. At the moment only the linux version is available. Check list of applications at https://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/apps.php. |
| 10) Message boards : Questions/Problems/Bugs : Not getting tasks
Message 2556 Posted 6 May 2025 by Carlos Pinho
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One of your machines is already loaded up, regarding the other one, do you mind checking its type of profile?! As you know demand for work is very high to accommodate for the boinc pentathlon but Greg will check for sure when he returns back online. |
| 11) Message boards : Chat : What program does NFS@Home use, or is it custom-made?
Message 2545 Posted 26 Mar 2025 by Carlos Pinho
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It's msieve for GPU used for the post-processing stage. |
| 12) Message boards : NFS Discussion : What else does the project need besides more computing power?
Message 2543 Posted 16 Mar 2025 by Carlos Pinho
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Maybe some nice fancy stats for each individual application so we can run some internal challenges. |
| 13) Message boards : Questions/Problems/Bugs : AMD X3D chips- are they worth it for NFS?
Message 2535 Posted 1 Feb 2025 by Carlos Pinho
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Give it a go. Compare your average daily output with other computers. Install Linux and it will fly on NFS. |
| 14) Message boards : Questions/Problems/Bugs : Why were the WUs not validated
Message 2525 Posted 1 Jan 2025 by Carlos Pinho
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They will be eventually manually validated, don't worry about them. Somehow during the GMT 13:00- 13:30 timeslot any wus uploaded to server go into validation dormant mode. Admin is aware of it. |
| 15) Message boards : Questions/Problems/Bugs : Android support
Message 2523 Posted 29 Dec 2024 by Carlos Pinho
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Due to the complexity of the sievers coding there is no plan in the near future for an Android version. |
| 16) Message boards : Questions/Problems/Bugs : 16e Lattice Sieve V5 1.11 using to much memory, Help Limiting concurrent WU's
Message 2520 Posted 19 Dec 2024 by Carlos Pinho
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I recommend running both 16e Lattice Sieve (small lasievef_small and lasieve5f/V5) as a mean to manage your memory requirements. The small will use less than 1GB of memory. You can also go to the boinc client settings and force it to only use X % of the CPU cores. |
| 17) Message boards : Chat : Formula BOINC 2024
Message 2487 Posted 6 Jun 2024 by Carlos Pinho
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Sprint: 2024-06-06 21:00 UTC - 2024-06-09 21:00 UTC |
| 18) Message boards : Questions/Problems/Bugs : 136 (0x00000088) Unknown error code
Message 2482 Posted 1 Jun 2024 by Carlos Pinho
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Integer put in standby by our operative Sean. Once Greg wakes up he will sort this work distribution. We apologize for this inconvenience. |
| 19) Message boards : Questions/Problems/Bugs : 136 (0x00000088) Unknown error code
Message 2481 Posted 1 Jun 2024 by Carlos Pinho
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Flagged, pending feedback. |
| 20) Message boards : Questions/Problems/Bugs : Stuck in Pending
Message 2467 Posted 14 May 2024 by Carlos Pinho
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For the challenge participants, if you see any anomalies please post on this thread. |