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Message 3052 - Posted: 15 Oct 2008 | 10:38:25 UTC

This has puzzled me for a while.

Given that PS3 and GPU WUs are awarded similar credits, one would assume that they do a similar amount of work and produce similar results.

GPU results are less than 2Mb but PS3 results are over 50Mb

Is there a reason for this?

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Message 3160 - Posted: 20 Oct 2008 | 1:26:19 UTC - in response to Message 3052.

The ps3s cell processor produces more complex computations.. so i can only guess it makes a larger report..??

I'm only having a stab,so someone correct me if i'm wrong..

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Message 3163 - Posted: 20 Oct 2008 | 8:02:23 UTC - in response to Message 3160.

At the moment the GPU WU is returning only the energies not the trajectories.

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