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Message 919388 - Posted: 19 Jul 2009, 15:47:53 UTC - in response to Message 919108.  

If they were not at bandwidth/server limits now. I'd like to see a BOINC app for my phone. :D

Like Boincoid perhaps?
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Just read that. I have thought of a possible more useful alternate platform; run BOINC apps on the embedded processors in cars!

A modern car has many CPUs to handle different functions. The car also has a much bigger power supply than a mobile cell phone.

Obviously some of those processors are safety critical like ABS braking, but most of the time these CPUs are sitting idle, particularly when the car is parked with the engine not running, the battery power is still available.

This is probably just a theoretical application, but it would probably be more useful than trying to run apps on a phone.

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Message 919398 - Posted: 19 Jul 2009, 16:39:39 UTC - in response to Message 919361.  

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EVen if a Java port of BOINC arrives, the next question is "who" will be able port the Seti applications to Android or Java?
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The original developers of Boincoid also did a port of S@H, and it was on the Sourceforge site too last time I looked. IIRC it was functional but couldn't meet deadline. One question which came up in the discussion on the boinc_dev mailing list was whether the project would consider making smaller WUs for that platform, and Eric's response was to ask how much smaller would be needed. The on-list discussion faded about then, I don't know if it continued off-list.
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Message 919466 - Posted: 19 Jul 2009, 20:00:20 UTC - in response to Message 919314.  

If they were not at bandwidth/server limits now. I'd like to see a BOINC app for my phone. :D

Like Boincoid perhaps?
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I remain unconvinced that it will ever work well.

... There may be a very few specialist applications where a phone makes some kind of sense. I really doubt that any of the CPU intensive projects fall in this category.

Exactly so. The phrase "horses for courses" comes to mind.

And beware... There may be some very high performance DSP circuitry in a phone that may be subverted to do more general processing.

Is there not some project somewhere utilising the DSP chips on PC sound cards?!

There must be lots of potentially neat Boinc projects possible for engaging bored commuters trapped on trains and buses and public transport queues...

A Boinc-oid Boinc project to tap into the combined real-world wisdom of the denizens of the Clapham omnibus?


But also note, the java/Android porting of Boinc may well get used far beyond just mobile phones.

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You know. A lot of switches have high powered CPUs in them. My little home router for instance.
CPU: Intel IXP425-266
DRAM:32M
Flash: 8M

Once I really throttled my connection and the cpu usage on it went up to 2%.
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Message 919471 - Posted: 19 Jul 2009, 20:12:50 UTC - in response to Message 919466.  

If they were not at bandwidth/server limits now. I'd like to see a BOINC app for my phone. :D

Like Boincoid perhaps?
                                                                Joe

I remain unconvinced that it will ever work well.

... There may be a very few specialist applications where a phone makes some kind of sense. I really doubt that any of the CPU intensive projects fall in this category.

Exactly so. The phrase "horses for courses" comes to mind.

And beware... There may be some very high performance DSP circuitry in a phone that may be subverted to do more general processing.

Is there not some project somewhere utilising the DSP chips on PC sound cards?!

There must be lots of potentially neat Boinc projects possible for engaging bored commuters trapped on trains and buses and public transport queues...

A Boinc-oid Boinc project to tap into the combined real-world wisdom of the denizens of the Clapham omnibus?


But also note, the java/Android porting of Boinc may well get used far beyond just mobile phones.

Happy crunchin',
Martin


You know. A lot of switches have high powered CPUs in them. My little home router for instance.
CPU: Intel IXP425-266
DRAM:32M
Flash: 8M

Once I really throttled my connection and the cpu usage on it went up to 2%.

It may have spare CPU cycles, but it has no spare RAM.


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Message 919514 - Posted: 19 Jul 2009, 22:38:31 UTC - in response to Message 919471.  

If they were not at bandwidth/server limits now. I'd like to see a BOINC app for my phone. :D

Like Boincoid perhaps?
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I remain unconvinced that it will ever work well.

... There may be a very few specialist applications where a phone makes some kind of sense. I really doubt that any of the CPU intensive projects fall in this category.

Exactly so. The phrase "horses for courses" comes to mind.

And beware... There may be some very high performance DSP circuitry in a phone that may be subverted to do more general processing.

Is there not some project somewhere utilising the DSP chips on PC sound cards?!

There must be lots of potentially neat Boinc projects possible for engaging bored commuters trapped on trains and buses and public transport queues...

A Boinc-oid Boinc project to tap into the combined real-world wisdom of the denizens of the Clapham omnibus?


But also note, the java/Android porting of Boinc may well get used far beyond just mobile phones.

Happy crunchin',
Martin


You know. A lot of switches have high powered CPUs in them. My little home router for instance.
CPU: Intel IXP425-266
DRAM:32M
Flash: 8M

Once I really throttled my connection and the cpu usage on it went up to 2%.

It may have spare CPU cycles, but it has no spare RAM.


In my little home router that is true. Would need to be a switch/router with more base ram or with memory upgrade options.
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