We currently use the FPU (floating point unit) which most office
software doesn't use. The GPU is hard coded for graphics and not
really useful for anything else.
--- Daran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know very little about computer architecture, so please feel free
> to shoot
> me down if what follow is complete nonsense.
>
> GIMPS clients use the spare capacity of the primary processing
> resource within
> any computer:- the CPU(s). But most modern PCs have another
> component capable
> of performing rapid and sophisticated calculations:- the GPU on the
> graphics
> accelerator. Is there any way that the GPU can be programmed to
> perform GIMPS
> processing when otherwise not in use? If this could be done, then it
> would
> have the effect of turning every client computer into an
> multi-processor
> system.
>
> Regards
>
> Daran G.
>
>
>
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