Not sure if this should be in the hardware section… might cross post.
Haven’t had time to read the fully article but…
It makes me wonder why they bothered spending the time on compiling for the Opteron when SETI 1 is due to finish “real soon now” and they haven’t updated the client for other hardware advances/architectures.
Perhaps AMD paid them, as the Opteron is faster than an Athlon XP in 32 bit and 64 bit mode, with 32 bit mode beating 64 bit (which is a surprise).