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2026-09-12: Work has progressed nicely on the GPU sieving apps based on cuda-sieve. Linux and Windows apps are now available for NVIDIA GPUs, with support extended to Maxwell (such as the GTX 970) and newer GPUs with at least 4 GB of GPU memory.For AMD, the code has been ported using HIP, and a Windows app is now available supporting all RDNA-based GPUs (Radeon RX 5000 series an...

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2026-09-10: Dear LODA BOINC community,After careful consideration, I have decided to shut down the LODA BOINC project.When LODA BOINC started, distributed computing was an effective way to search for new LODA programs and mathematical solutions. Recent advances in AI have changed this significantly, and AI-based approaches are now becoming much more effective for this kind of pr...

2026-09-10: The server that hosts the BOINC web site, Science United, and BOINC Central, was offline from 3 Sept until today. There was a maintenance issue that arose suddenly, and took much longer than we anticipated. We apologize for the inconvenience. If something like this happens again we'll try to find a substitute server to keep everyone informed.

2026-09-03: User Weber462 found a 72-digit prime factor of an XYYXF number using ECM. This is the largest ECM factor found this year, and the 31th largest of all time.