Asteroids@Home: New AVX512 application released

We are very proud to announce our new set of optimized applications that will utilize AVX512 instruction set capable engines or to be*precise*those, which support AVX512dq instructions!

These applications are built to support both Linux and Windows 64bit*architecture OS.*The development of this version was possible thanks to the great help provided by ahorek's team!

Unfortunately it turns out that BOINC client applications for Windows still do not report all processor options to the server correctly. It is because of a known bug and even after a lot of discussions in BOINC's*channels it's still there. The good news is that thanks to ahorek's team a bugfix was already accepted and merged into the BOINC's*repository and the fix will be applied*when client version 7.26.0 is released. Till then in order to run the AVX512 application you might need to switch to the Anonymous platform.

We'd like to remind you that while the Boinc server is capable of finding the best performing application for every particular system taking into account multiple factors, after a while it will start sending the right one for every particular system. Which means that even if your CPU supports AVX512dq instructions it still might receive FMA or AVX tasks and there is nothing to be concerned about. In such a case you might want to give a try to the so-called Anonymous platform where your client will explicitly request the AVX512 application.

Happy crunching and thank you for your support!
Asteroids@home's team

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