ATI/AMD GPU-only and HYBRID GPU+CPU Optimized AstroPulse 5.06 (r449-r456) for Windows OS

Three editions available now at GPU Apps Public Downloads area
Full release notes HERE

VERY IMPORTANT!!! Note that correct install of these applications requires ADVANCED SKILLS.

Special Thanks to Raistmer for his tireless development efforts, and
to all Lunatics crew for continual and very helpfull support. W/o it this release could not be happen.
To all of you we value your input and would like to hear from you.

Regards,
The Lunatics Team

I have released Astropulse 5.06 and a SETI 6.03 binaries for FreeBSD 7.x/8.x on AMD64/x64 and also for FreeBSD i386 7.x/8.x on i386.

I have released a Astropulse 5.06 binary for Solaris/OpenSolaris x86 on i386/x64/AMD64.

ATI OpenCL MultiBeam 6.10 (r177) for Windows OS
Available now at GPU Apps Public Downloads area

Full release notes HERE

VERY IMPORTANT!!! Note that correct install of this application requires ADVANCED SKILLS.

Thanks to Raistmer and special thanks to SubSpace for invaluable assistance and profiler testing.
Lastly to all Lunatics' Alpha & Beta Testers for continual and very helpfull support. W/o it this release could not be happen.
To all of you we value your input and would like to hear from you.

Regards,
The Lunatics Team

----------Mac Unified Installers----------

PPC Mac Unified Installer - This is for G4 and G5 based Macs

Intel Mac Unified Installer - This is for Intel based Macs


----------Linux Packages----------

SSE2 32-bit - Linux 32-bit SSE2 version for Intel/AMD - With AP V5.05 r411

SSE3 32-bit - Linux 32-bit SSE3 version for Intel/AMD - With AP V5.05 r411

SSSE3 32-bit - Linux 32-bit SSSE3 version for Intel Only - With AP V5.05 r411

SSE2 64-bit - Linux 64-bit SSE2 version for Intel/AMD - With AP V5.05 r411

SSE3 64-bit - Linux 64-bit SSE3 version for Intel/AMD - With AP V5.05 r411

SSSE3 64-bit - Linux 64-bit SSSE3 version for Intel Only - With AP V5.05 r411

Linux Non-Fermi Cuda App - Linux 64-bit CUDA app for Non-Fermi Cards

Linux Stock Fermi Cuda App - Linux 64-bit CUDA app for Fermi Cards

----------Windows Apps----------

Windows Downloads - Unified Installers and ATI/OpenCL apps

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Updated Installers, v0.38 for Windows availiable now at Lunatics

For Windows 32 & 64 bit (Nt/XP/Vista/Win7, x86 & x64 versions), changes since last release (v0.37) are:

- Automatic BOINC client (but not manager!) shutdown and restart.
- ATI applications: AP r521, MB r177 [AP r453 hybrid (Brook) for older/smaller cards]
- CUDA MB application: x38g_cuda32

NB If you are currently running optimised apps but do not have a GPU (either ATI or NVidia) that can crunch, you do NOT need this installer.

For Windows 98/ME:
- No changes. Installer revision remains at 0.36.

Please see this thread for full release notes. READ THEM before you install

Use at your own risk
While we take great care to find issues while alpha and beta testing, our testing systems comprise only a limited sample of what is out there and can not account for Murphy's Law

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I'm multilingual - I can misunderstand people in several languages!

Updated Installers, v0.39 for Windows
Available now at Lunatics

Changes since last release (v0.38) are:

-Update of all CPU applications from AKv8b to AKv8b2
-Update of MB CUDA from x38g_cuda32 to x41g_cuda32
-Update of ATI OpenCL MB applications from r177 to r390

Please see this thread for full release notes. READ THEM before you install.

Use at your own risk - 'your mileage may vary'

While we take great care to find issues while alpha and beta testing, our testing systems comprise only a limited sample of what is out there and can't account for Murphy's Law.

Apologies, this failed to make the announcement thread when it was posted (Dezember 2011). Please see the relevant thread for further details.

Linux x64 build of Cuda Multibeam x41g
Available now in the Lunatics, Multibeam for Linux Downloads section, mirrored at Arkayn's Site

This build is directly from the X-branch, so changes from other prior Linux builds directly reflect current development efforts. This is an ongoing effort to gradually bring Linux support into greater focus in 2012.

Baseline Cuda X-branch features include:
- Tightened Validation characteristic against CPU builds (accuracy)
- Rarer '-12' triplet related errors
- Fault tolerant behaviour
- 'V7-readiness'
- Linux build uses identical application code to the Windows build (Only differences are OS/Driver/Library related)

Please see the readme for full release notes. READ THEM before you install.

Use at your own risk - 'your mileage may vary'

Thanks go to Aaron Haviland for the port & polish going into X branch for Linux, and it should mean that Cuda build Linux support can continue to develop as further refinements are introduced into the main codebase. Planned future upgrades currently include improvements to pulsefinding (VLAR behaviour) and removal of the prevalent remaining triplet related '-12' limitations.

Thanks,
Jason G

Extra note, to ALL users:
With gradually expanding Linux development, and experience gleaned from Windows development in recent years, User feedback has played a pivotal role in refinement in all areas. Along those lines User suggestions (Thanks Sunu!) have prompted that Linux development will require 'opening up' Lunatics site some. While there are immediate (technical) obstacles to doing so, the needs of both Linux developers & users are under detailed consideration at this time, along with planned modernisation of other platform information & support mechanisms. For the time being, while these changes are under careful planning and implementation, if you have feedback or need help, & are not a registered user at Lunatics, please create a thread here on Number Crunching forum. Requests for registration at Lunatics will continue to be considered on a case by case basis, and Development/PreRelease status offered only at the discretion of the developers in those areas.

For reasons detailed in Updating for upcoming apps..... the release of the v0.40 installer has been delayed.

Attention the v0.39 Lunatics installer is NOT compatible to Astropulse v6.01 tasks!

If you have tasks marked as AP 6.01 you WILL lose them if you use the v0.39 installer.
We are working on the v0.40 installer with AP 6.01 support, but cannot release it until the credit granting problem has subsided.

DO NOT MANUALLY INSTALL AP 6.01 applications in app_info.xml on SETI main. Neither YOU nor YOUR WINGMAN will be getting credit at this stage.

Please stay tuned for the release of the v0.40 installer, which will be announced in the usual way, once it's safe to do so.

Updated Installers, v0.40 for Windows
Available now at Lunatics

Changes since last release (v0.39) are:

-Update of all Astropulse applications to support AP 6.01

Please see this thread for full release notes. READ THEM before you install.

Use at your own risk - 'your mileage may vary'

While we take great care to find issues while alpha and beta testing, our testing systems comprise only a limited sample of what is out there and can't account for Murphy's Law.

Current OpenCL apps are available for download on Lunatics again.

Multibeam for ATI GPU`s
Astropulse for ATI and Nvidia.

http://lunatics.kwsn.net/index.php?module=Downloads

Each package containing Readme (please read carefully) as well as appinfo section (aistub)
In the Readme you will find some examples of command line switches as well as some hints for better performance.

As usual, the creation of new release packages was team work of our Lunatics crew
(in alphabetical order):
Arkayn, Claggy, Josef W. Segur, Mike, Raistmer, Richard Haselgrove, Urs Echternacht.
Special thank you goes to Claggy and Mike for truly endless testing, help in text files creation and proofreading that was almost as endless as testing this time.

MB_ATI_r1761

AP6_ATI_r1761

AP6_NV_r1761

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

Lunatics are pleased to announce the following release:

64bit Linux OpenCL Multibeam r1765 apps for ATI/AMD GPUs

Available for download here: "Multibeam for Linux"

Please, read OpenCL and other README files that each package contains.
These give instructions how to use these applications and some hints what to configure how.
Especially notes about which driver version works and which fails could be helpful before starting.

As usual, the creation of new release packages was team work of our Lunatics crew (in nicks alphabetical order):
Claggy, Josef W. Segur, Mike, Raistmer, Richard Haselgrove, Urs Echternacht.

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A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. (Mark Twain)

For those running both AP and MB on AMD GPU`s should run MB_r1760 instead of r_1761.
Difference is only cosmetically.

Please download here.

http://lunatics.kwsn.net/index.php?module=Downloads;sa=dlview;id=357

Mike

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

Here: http://lunatics.kwsn.net/12-gpu-crunching/update-for-ati-mb-gpu-app.0.htmlis update for OpenCL ATi MB app.

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