. . Maybe they were busy preparing for their NYE celebrations :)

Stephen

The active admin stated he has no clue why they lost the server. It wasn't related to the previous server issue either. The server spontaneously crashed again after the initial reboot.
Sounds like pending hardware failure of some type to me.

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. . Sadly electronics do not run 24/7 forever, they eventually go to the great bit bin in the sky ...
Stephen

Hi Keith, did you see the following? I have a feeling it was related to this the reason why you weren't able to access the page

Server Outages
Hi Everyone,

I'll be working for the rest of the night to try to resolve the large number of workunits waiting for validation. This will involve the server going up and down for maintenance, and certain processes may be turned off for periods of time tonight. I'm hoping that things are resolved tonight, but it is definitely possible that things may not be resolved by tomorrow.

Thanks for you patience and support!
13 Dec 2021, 21:56:46 UTC

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I am wanting to limit YoYo@home to use a maximum of 11 cores out of my 24 I have put the following in a cc_config file in the project folder not receiving any errors but does not appear to be at hearing to running on only 11 cores when I allow all tasks to run. Deadline is just under a month away 2/6/22 written in American format but it is in New Zealand date so for people in the states it would be the day before. PC runs on average 14 hours a day. Subproject OGR – 28 running alongside WCG American rain project deadline 1/14/22 Contents of my cc_config file are as follows:

<app_config> 
<app>
<name>crunch</name> Name suggested in boinc message tab version 7.16.20
<cpu_usage>11</cpu_usage>
</app>
</app_config>

thank you in advance for any assistance

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That is not even close to a correct app_info for what you want. Look the these docs. https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration#Application_configuration

I don't know if you are running all the possible applications at yoyo or just one. You need to put the name of the application into the name field like this.
<app_config>
<app>
<name>ecm</name>
<cpu_usage>1</cpu_usage>
</app>
</app_config>

or

<app_config>
<app>
<name>m-queens</name>
<cpu_usage>1</cpu_usage>
</app>
</app_config>

To limit the applications to only utilizing 11 cores out of your 24 you need to use either a project_max_concurrent or a max_concurrent for each application. See the docs.

Since as far as I know yoyo had no MT applications and only single cpu threads so a simple global project_max_concurrent would do the trick for all yoyo applications.

<app_config>
<project_max_concurrent>11</project_max_concurrent>
</app_config>

Or you could break up the allotted cores among two applications for example like this and stick to your limit of 11 cores in use.

<app_config>
<app>
<name>ecm</name>
<cpu_usage>1</cpu_usage>
<max_concurrent>6</max_concurrent>
</app>
<app>
<name>m-queens</name>
<cpu_usage>1</cpu_usage>
<max_concurrent>5</max_concurrent.
</app>
</app_config>

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Thanks Keith. I am only using one OGR – 28 I believe it's app name for the particular situation is crunch. I have gone with this simple global approach.
On a side note I tried limiting the amount of cores used to 11 in the preferences on the website however this option was/is being ignored. I am not sure why. Thanks for your help.
You are correct in saying that they do not have any MT applications.
I wish they did it would make subproject M Queen a lot faster considering it doesn't have checkpoints, unfortunately I do not think it would benefit from a MT application

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Who remembers Ceefax?

Ceefax replica goes TITSUP* as folk pine for simpler times
But creator runs server from home – we can forgive him

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Best way to figure an app_name out is to look in the client_state file. Or put in some bogus name in the app_config and BOINC should report it is an unrecognized name and offer the known ones it knows about.

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Thanks Keith. I am only using one OGR – 28 I believe it's app name for the particular situation is crunch. I have gone with this simple global approach.
On a side note I tried limiting the amount of cores used to 11 in the preferences on the website however this option was/is being ignored. I am not sure why. Thanks for your help.
You are correct in saying that they do not have any MT applications.
I wish they did it would make subproject M Queen a lot faster considering it doesn't have checkpoints, unfortunately I do not think it would benefit from a MT application

. . You could be making the same mistake I was. If the project site preferences are not taking effect you may be running local preferences on your machine that override them. Check your local prefs {Options/Computing preferences} for CPUs/threads to use.

Stephen

Leaked benchmarks show Intel Arc Alchemist GPU performing like a GeForce RTX 3070 Ti.
We can only hope that they do perform at least reasonably well, and reduce demand for AMD/Nvidia hardware & help brig their prices down from insanely obscene & availability from just about non-existent to just obscene and almost mostly available.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Leaked benchmarks show Intel Arc Alchemist GPU performing like a GeForce RTX 3070 Ti.
We can only hope that they do perform at least reasonably well, and reduce demand for AMD/Nvidia hardware & help brig their prices down from insanely obscene & availability from just about non-existent to just obscene and almost mostly available.

Hi Grant,

Yeah, I've been watching the prices of the GPUs and they are just ridiculously high. You can get a pre-built with a 3070/3080 in for about the price of the GPU alone. Weird! ;-)

Have a great day! :-)

Siran

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SSD prices could spike after Western Digital loses 6.5 billion gigabytes of NAND chips.

Western Digital says it has lost at least 6.5 exabytes (6.5 billion gigabytes) of flash storage due to contamination issues at its NAND production facilities. The contamination could see the price of NAND — the main component of SSDs — spike up to 10 percent, according to market research firm TrendForce. Any potential NAND shortages or price fluctuations could affect the PC market over the next few months, which had another big year in 2021 despite global chip shortages and demand for GPUs.

The contamination of materials used in the manufacturing processes appears to have been detected in late January at two plants in Japan, with Western Digital’s joint venture partner, Kioxia (previously Toshiba), revealing it has affected BiCS 3D NAND flash memory.

Western Digital and Kioxia’s partnership amounts to around 30 percent of the NAND flash market, according to TrendForce. Both Western Digital and Kioxia primarily supply SSD and eMMC storage drives for PCs, and Western Digital is one of the leading suppliers in the industry.

It’s not clear what caused the contamination, whether products on the market will need to be recalled, or when production will resume. Western Digital says it’s “working closely with its joint venture partner, Kioxia, to implement necessary measures that will restore the facilities to normal operational status as quickly as possible.”

SHAME ON BEST WORST BUY
Best Buy Needs to Quit This Nonsense

The retailer is forcing customers to spend $200 for a better chance at buying a GPU—and assisting scalpers in the process.

... If folks who missed out didn’t already regret their subscription purchase, Best Buy decided to sell the full range of RTX 30xx graphics cards today to non-Totaltech customers.

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... The contamination of materials used in the manufacturing processes appears to have been detected in late January at two plants in Japan...

Just another way to get us to part with more money for a fault us consumers have no control over. We can not cut into our profit margin, so the better off the stock holders are also.

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Intel delays launch of standalone desktop graphics chips to Q2.

Intel Corp said on Thursday it has pushed back the launch of standalone graphics chips for desktops to the second quarter, while those for laptops will be rolled out in the first quarter as originally planned.

The announcement comes against the backdrop of an ongoing chip shortage and global supply chain issues, with chipmakers struggling to keep up with unprecedented demand.

The company's Arc graphics chips, that help video games and other content look more realistic, will compete with rivals Nvidia Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Intel said in August last year the graphics chips for PCs would arrive in the first quarter of 2022.

Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are introducing notebooks with Intel Arc graphics for sale in the first quarter of 2022, the company said, ahead of its annual investor meeting on Thursday.

"Intel will ship add-in cards for desktops in the second quarter and workstations by the third quarter."

Cheers.

Some sad news- Ian Cutriss is leaving AnandTech.
He's given some of the best analysis of new architectures over the years that i can actually make sense of.

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Grant
Darwin NT

FreeDOS puts out first new version in six years
DOS ain't dead... and it's more fun than ever.

This isn't your father's DOS. Your correspondent booted the CD image under VirtualBox and was startled to see it acquire an IP address (and still have 608kB of free base memory). It installs to a FAT32 partition, with optional support for long filenames. It comes with its own full-screen text editor, but also Emacs and Vim. It has an IPv4 stack and basic IP connectivity, and the shell even does Tab-completion. The bonus CD includes a choice of GUIs including Digital Research's GEM desktop, web browsers, file managers, development tools, games and more. FreeDOS 1.3 not only runs Doom, it includes a copy.

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Another interesting article from AnandTech.
Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe)

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Grant
Darwin NT

Very interesting. All the players are heading the same direction with MCM.

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