Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
List of Folding@home cores
open-in-new
<p> The distributed-computing project <a href="/facts/Folding%40home/Kuuo4ISC">Folding@home</a> uses scientific computer programs, referred to as "cores" or "fahcores", to perform calculations. Folding@home's cores are based on modified and <a href="/facts/Compiler_optimization/JXnv4LUd">optimized</a> versions of <a href="/facts/Molecular_dynamics/yR3DNt6U">molecular simulation</a> programs for calculation, including <a href="/facts/TINKER/JkFLmvfz">TINKER</a>, <a href="/facts/GROMACS/k9uuIs0e">GROMACS</a>, <a href="/facts/AMBER/AqkJF591">AMBER</a>, <a href="/facts/CPMD/IhUdV435">CPMD</a>, SHARPEN, ProtoMol, and <a href="/facts/Desmond_(software)/ySny75Nt">Desmond</a>. These variants are each given an <a href="/facts/Arbitrariness/4SBLd8Q7">arbitrary</a> identifier (Core xx). While the same core can be used by various versions of the client, separating the core from the client enables the scientific methods to be updated automatically as needed without a client update. </p>