NVIDIA Calls On PC Gamers To Put GPUs To Work Battling Coronavirus

In arecent tweetvideo card maker NVIDIA has issued a request for action from enthusiastswith GPUs, which likely includes many flightsimmers, to join in efforts tounderstand the Corona Virus via Stanford University'sFolding@Homeproject. In participating, your GPU gets used for coronavirus-specificressearch project.

Right now, projects include:

• 14530/14531 Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) protease - potential drug target
• 14328 - Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) protease - potential drug target
• 11741: Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) receptor binding domain in complex with human receptor ACE2.
• 11746: Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) receptor binding domain in complex with human receptor ACE2 (alternative structure to 11741).
• 11742: Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) protease in complex with an inhibitor.
• 11743: Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) protease – potential drug target.
• 11744: Coronavirus SARS-CoV (SARS causing virus) receptor binding domain trapped by a SARS-CoV S230 antibody.
• 11745: Coronavirus SARS-CoV (SARS causing virus) receptor binding domain mutated to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus) trapped by a SARS-CoV S230 antibody.

You're probably wondering if this is legitimate. Check out the projectweb site as well as the Wikipedia listing. This project has been going onfor some years doing a variety of research.

Folding@Home web site
Wikipedia listing on Folding@Home