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Posted: **Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:08 pm**

Hi all!
Read that support for Intel GPUs was happening so though my laptop GUP could be of use.
I hope I've understood the adding procedure correctly and checked that the Hexadecimal for my GPU is not there in the updated GPUs.txt.

Output of fahclient --lspci:

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C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient>fahclient --lspci
VendorID:DeviceID:PCI Bus:PCI Slot:PCI function:Vendor Name:Description
0x8086:0x9da3:0:31:4:Intel Corporation:Synaptics SMBus Driver
0x8086:0x9df0:0:20:3:Intel Corporation:Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560 160MHz
0x8086:0x1903:0:4:0:Intel Corporation:Intel(R) Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework Processor Participant
0x8086:0x9db0:0:29:0:Intel Corporation:Intel(R) PCI Express Root Port #9 - 9DB0
0x8086:0x9da8:0:30:0:Intel Corporation:Intel(R) Serial IO UART Host Controller - 9DA8
0x8086:0x9dd3:0:23:0:Intel Corporation:Intel(R) 300 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller
0x8086:0x9ded:0:20:0:Intel Corporation:USB xHCI Compliant Host Controller
0x8086:0x9de9:0:21:1:Intel Corporation:Intel(R) Serial IO I2C Host Controller - 9DE9
0x8086:0x9dab:0:30:3:Intel Corporation:Intel(R) Serial IO SPI Host Controller - 9DAB
0x8086:0x9def:0:20:2:Intel Corporation:PCI standard RAM Controller
0x8086:0x9da4:0:31:5:Intel Corporation:Intel(R) SPI (flash) Controller - 9DA4
0x8086:0x3ea0:0:2:0:Intel Corporation:Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620
0x8086:0x9db4:0:29:4:Intel Corporation:Intel(R) PCI Express Root Port #13 - 9DB4
0x144d:0xa808:1:0:0:Samsung Electronics Co Ltd:Standard NVM Express Controller
0x8086:0x1911:0:8:0:Intel Corporation:Intel(R) Gaussian Mixture Model - 1911
0x8086:0x9de0:0:22:0:Intel Corporation:Intel(R) Management Engine Interface
0x10ec:0x522a:2:0:0:Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.:Realtek PCIE CardReader
0x8086:0x9de8:0:21:0:Intel Corporation:Intel(R) Serial IO I2C Host Controller - 9DE8
0x8086:0x9df9:0:18:0:Intel Corporation:Intel(R) Thermal Subsystem - 9DF9
0x8086:0x9d84:0:31:0:Intel Corporation:I/O LPC Controller - 9D84 for mobile 8th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family
0x8086:0x3e34:0:0:0:Intel Corporation:Intel(R) HOST and DRAM Controller - 3E34
0x8086:0x9dc8:0:31:3:Intel Corporation:Intel(R) Smart Sound Technology (Intel(R) SST) Audio Controller

Some log:

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18:00:56:WU00:FS00:FahCore 0xa7 started
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:*********************** Log Started 2020-07-02T18:00:56Z ***********************
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:************************** Gromacs Folding@home Core ***************************
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Type: 0xa7
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Core: Gromacs
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Args: -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 706 -lifeline 8504 -checkpoint 15 -np 8
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:************************************ CBang *************************************
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Date: Oct 26 2019
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Time: 01:38:25
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:   Revision: c46a1a011a24143739ac7218c5a435f66777f62f
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:     Branch: master
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:   Compiler: Visual C++ 2008
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:    Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /Ox /MT
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:   Platform: win32 10
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Bits: 64
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Mode: Release
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:************************************ System ************************************
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:        CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8265U CPU @ 1.60GHz
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:     CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 142 Stepping 11
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       CPUs: 8
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:     Memory: 7.83GiB
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Free Memory: 4.22GiB
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:    Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7: OS Version: 6.2
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Has Battery: true
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7: On Battery: false
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7: UTC Offset: 2
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:        PID: 8188
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:        CWD: C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\work
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:******************************** Build - libFAH ********************************
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:    Version: 0.0.18
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:     Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:  Copyright: 2019 foldingathome.org
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:   Homepage: https://foldingathome.org/
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Date: Oct 26 2019
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Time: 01:52:30
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:   Revision: c1e3513b1bc0c16013668f2173ee969e5995b38e
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:     Branch: master
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:   Compiler: Visual C++ 2008
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:    Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /Ox /MT
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:   Platform: win32 10
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Bits: 64
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Mode: Release
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:************************************ Build *************************************
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       SIMD: avx_256
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:********************************************************************************
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Project: 14812 (Run 768, Clone 0, Gen 81)
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Unit: 0x0000006e455e42065ec1f0215a9414c6
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Reading tar file core.xml
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Reading tar file frame81.tpr
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Digital signatures verified
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Calling: mdrun -s frame81.tpr -o frame81.trr -cpt 15 -nt 8
18:00:57:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Steps: first=0 total=250000
18:00:59:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 1 out of 250000 steps (0%)
18:01:55:Removing old file 'configs/config-20200521-100548.xml'
18:01:55:Saving configuration to config.xml
18:01:55:<config>
18:01:55:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
18:01:55:  <cause v='COVID_19'/>
18:01:55:
18:01:55:  <!-- Network -->
18:01:55:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
18:01:55:
18:01:55:  <!-- Slot Control -->
18:01:55:  <power v='FULL'/>
18:01:55:
18:01:55:  <!-- User Information -->
18:01:55:  <passkey v='*****'/>
18:01:55:  <team v='******'/>
18:01:55:  <user v='********'/>
18:01:55:
18:01:55:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
18:01:55:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'/>
18:01:55:</config>
18:03:18:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 2500 out of 250000 steps (1%)
18:07:21:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 5000 out of 250000 steps (2%)

Thanks!

Posted: **Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:45 pm**

Intel GPUs are not yet supported. I don't believe there is a specific deadline when they plan to launch support.

Posted: **Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:51 pm**

Jonazz wrote:Intel GPUs are not yet supported. I don't believe there is a specific deadline when they plan to launch support.

Thanks, I saw what I wanted to see... Now that I read again is that it's still under testing.
I guees this topic is paused then for the time being.

Posted: **Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:02 pm**

Support for Intel iGPs may or may not be happpening soon, but it's currently in the early testing phase and not yet supported. I anticipate that the UHD Graphics 620 (Whiskey Lake) will be supported along wit the other Gen9+ iGPs at the same time.

Where did you read that these devices were supported?

Posted: **Fri Jul 03, 2020 5:24 am**

Sounds good with Intel GPU support as I suppose a lot of people have them. Saying that, I assume that I can get more out if my 8 core laptop configuring it using 6 cores for CPU-folding + 1 core for GPU-folding rather than having 8 cores for CPU-folding as I have today; leaving 1 in spare as I understand that F@H has difficulty large primes and their multiples number of CPUs, prefering multiples of 2s och 3s over 7s. viewtopic.php?f=105&t=35543
Would that be a correct assumption do you think?

bruce wrote: Where did you read that these devices were supported?

I rather misinterpreted that it was supported, wanting it to be that way based on:

core22 0.0.10 released to full FAH! Postby JohnChodera » Thu Jun 18, 2020 11:37 pm wrote:
We're excited to roll out core22 0.0.10 to full FAH after extensive testing of updates since 0.0.5.

New Features:

Adds experimental support for Intel GPUs

Re: Intel® HD Graphics Postby Joe_H » Thu Jun 25, 2020 2:59 pm wrote:There are some newer topics on this, but to summarize:

1 - A number of Intel GPUs have been added to the GPUs.txt file. Most are listed as unsupported, a few have been enabled for internal testers to determine if support in the new version of Core_22 works and produces usable and accurate results.

Posted: **Sat Jul 04, 2020 6:07 am**

I guess that's a logical guess from what you see there.

Unfortuantely, Intel has a long and checkered history in terms of FAH support. We're calling it unsupported for the time being and I don't expect that to change quickly but FAH never gives meaningful ETAs.

Assuming that the early testing is successful, your UHD 620 is Generation 9.5 so THE CURRENT PLAN is to support it. Theoretically it can produce 384.0 FP32 GFLOPS which is similar to a low-end NVidia GPUs but somewhat better than the basic threads of the same Intel CPU.

Posted: **Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:59 pm**

Thanks for the detailed input Bruce!

Well let's see if it happens and it won't make a big contribution to my overall PPD.
However "many small streams" as we say over here

Posted: **Sat Jul 04, 2020 1:11 pm**

At least I will be able to contribute 100% of my computer.

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