Folding: The Death of the General Purpose CPU

Interesting indeed. I am trying to understand the relative value of CPU-only folding, and I am making limited progress.

Mostly people contribute that “Well, while not as good, it sure helps” and that’s not what I need, I want to be able to figure out if the power usage and cost is better spent on other endeavours.

Please notify me if you know a resource that tackles the usefulness per watt question!

Also, how does folding@home actually compare to supercomputers on energy efficiency? I hear it’s not bad at all and that is hard for me to understand.

Cheers

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