The Folding@Home distributed computing program has long been able to run on GPUs, but the latest optimizations are for GPUs that support CUDA. As CUDA is a relatively closed source architecture from NVIDIA, that leaves AMD GPU users in the cold; with long time users still using CAL/Direct3D to power their GPU Folding efforts. According to a news story Hardware Canucks spotted, this is about to change as Stanford is working on optimizing F@H for OpenCL and the tests show almost a doubling of performance. Do keep in mind that F@H results can change from day to day but this is definitely a good sign.

"A few weeks ago, Stanford introduced the new Core 16 Project 11293 work units which are specifically tailored towards OpenCL-supporting AMD graphics cards. But do they bring the hoped-for increase in Folding@Home performance or is this yet another step towards disappointment?"
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