Want to help in the battle against the novel coronavirus? You can put your PC’s graphics processor to work with Folding@home. You’ll join an army of computers running calculations to help scientists understand the virus.
想要帮助对抗新型冠状病毒吗？ 您可以将PC的图形处理器与Folding @ home一起使用。 您将加入一队计算机来运行计算，以帮助科学家了解该病毒。
折叠@家庭如何工作 (How Folding@home Works)
Folding@home is a distributed computing project that’s been around since the year 2000. It’s named after “protein folding.” If you install the software and join a project, it will run in the background and use spare graphics processing (GPU) power to run calculations. Your PC will be one of the hundreds of thousands of PCs running these calculations, all working together.
Folding @ home是一个分布式计算项目，自2000年以来一直存在。它以“蛋白质折叠”命名。 如果您安装该软件并加入一个项目，它将在后台运行并使用备用图形处理(GPU)功能来运行计算。 您的PC将成为运行这些计算的数十万台PC之一，它们可以一起工作。
The software has previously been used to help find cures to cancer, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, influenza, and many other diseases. Now, Folding@home is helping scientists understand the structure of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. As Folding@home director Greg Bowman explains, a better understanding of the virus could aid in the development of life-saving drugs.
该软件以前曾被用来帮助找到治愈癌症，帕金森氏症，亨廷顿氏病，流行性感冒和许多其他疾病的方法。 现在，Folding @ home正在帮助科学家了解导致COVID-19的SARS-CoV-2病毒的结构。 正如Folding @ home主管Greg Bowman解释的那样，对这种病毒的更好理解可以帮助开发挽救生命的药物。
In other words, you can put your PC’s GPU to work crunching numbers that will help scientists better understand and fight the novel coronavirus. You can read specifics about how Folding@home is “simulating the dynamics of COVID-19 proteins to hunt for new therapeutic opportunities” on the project’s website.
换句话说，您可以使PC的GPU发挥关键作用，这将有助于科学家更好地理解和对抗新型冠状病毒。 您可以在该项目的网站上阅读有关Folding @ home如何“模拟COVID-19蛋白的动力学以寻找新的治疗机会”的详细信息。
This work is GPU-dependent and requires NVIDIA or AMD graphics hardware. It will work best on computers with powerful graphics hardware.
这项工作取决于GPU，并且需要NVIDIA或AMD图形硬件。 它将在具有强大图形硬件的计算机上运行最佳。
如何将GPU与Folding @ home配合使用 (How to Put Your GPU to Work With Folding@home)
To put your PC to work battling coronavirus, download the Folding@home installer and run it to install the software. It’s available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. We’ll show how it works on Windows here.
要使您的PC能够抵抗冠状病毒，请下载Folding @ home安装程序并运行它以安装软件。 它适用于Windows，Mac和Linux。 我们将在这里展示它如何在Windows上运行。
Once you’ve installed the Folding@home software, you’ll be taken to the https://client.foldingathome.org/ page, where you can control the software on your PC. You can choose to fold anonymously or set up an identity.
安装Folding @ home软件后，将转到https://client.foldingathome.org/页面，您可以在此控制PC上的软件。 您可以选择匿名折叠或设置身份。
If you set up an identity, you can track your work and earn points. You can even join a team with other people and compete to see who can earn the most points—just a bit of friendly competition.
如果您设置了身份，则可以跟踪您的工作并获得积分。 您甚至可以与其他人一起加入团队并竞争，看看谁可以赚取最多的积分—只是一点点的友好竞争。
However, you don’t need to set up an identity—you can just select “Fold as Anonymous” and click “Start Folding” to begin.
但是，您无需设置身份-您只需选择“匿名折叠”并单击“开始折叠”即可开始。
To ensure you’re helping with COVID-19 research, ensure “Any disease” is selected under the “I support research fighting” box. This is the default option. With it enabled, Folding@home will prioritize work related to the novel coronavirus.
为确保您对COVID-19研究有所帮助，请确保在“我支持研究斗争”框中选择“任何疾病”。 这是默认选项。 启用该功能后，Folding @ home将优先处理与新型冠状病毒有关的工作。
Work may not be available immediately, and your client may work on other diseases like Alzheimer’s, cancer, Huntington’s, or Parkinson’s while waiting for COVID-19 jobs. Leave it running in the background, and it will automatically start any available work.
工作可能不会立即进行，您的客户可能在等待COVID-19职位时从事其他疾病的治疗，例如老年痴呆症，癌症，亨廷顿病或帕金森氏病。 使其在后台运行，它将自动开始任何可用的工作。
The Folding@home software will remain running in the background—even when you have the web page closed. It will automatically use any spare resources and get out of the way when you’re using your GPU for other purposes, like playing a PC game.
即使您关闭了网页，Folding @ home软件仍将在后台运行。 当您将GPU用于其他目的(例如玩PC游戏)时，它将自动使用所有备用资源，并且不会受到干扰。
Look for the Folding@home icon in your computer’s notification area (system tray) to find options, pause it, or quit the software and prevent it from running.
在计算机的通知区域(系统托盘)中查找Folding @ home图标，以查找选项，暂停它或退出该软件并阻止其运行。
If you decide you no longer want to participate, head to the Uninstall or change a program list in Windows and uninstall the “FAHClient” program.
如果您决定不再参与，请转到Windows中的“卸载或更改程序”列表，然后卸载“ FAHClient”程序。
Even NVIDIA has called for gamers to install Folding@home and donate any spare computing power they might have. Computers all over the world are joining the fight.
甚至NVIDIA也呼吁游戏玩家安装Folding @ home并捐赠他们可能拥有的任何备用计算能力。 世界各地的计算机都参与其中。
For more information, take a look at this FAQ about the SARS-CoV-2 projects in Folding@home. You’ll also find updates on Folding@home’s news page.
有关更多信息，请在Folding @ home中查看有关SARS-CoV-2项目的常见问题解答。 您还可以在Folding @ home的新闻页面上找到更新。
PC Gamers, let’s put those GPUs to work.
PC游戏玩家，让我们使用这些GPU。
Join us and our friends at @OfficialPCMR in supporting folding@home and donating unused GPU computing power to fight against COVID-19!
在@OfficialPCMR与我们和我们的朋友一起支持folding @ home，并捐赠未使用的GPU计算能力来对抗COVID-19！
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— NVIDIA GeForce (@NVIDIAGeForce) March 13, 2020
-NVIDIA GeForce(@NVIDIAGeForce) ，2020年3月13日
翻译自: https://www.howtogeek.com/663539/how-to-fight-coronavirus-with-foldinghome-and-a-gaming-pc/
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