Supply chain / Decentralised
BOINC and Science United
Open-source software that lets people donate spare computer time to scientific projects, based at the University of California, Berkeley, with Science United as a simple way to pick research areas.
- Type
- Technology
- Where it sits
- The long-running model of volunteer compute; useful for researchers who can package work as many small jobs, not for buying capacity.
- Constraint
- Capacity comes from volunteers for science projects, so it cannot be rented on demand (BOINC site).
- Maturity
- In use or open for access
What we checked
- The site says BOINC and Science United are located at UC Berkeley and supported by the US National Science Foundation. (source)
- Roughly 30 science projects are stated to use BOINC. (source)
Written by ComputeFinder from public pages on 2 October 2026. Company statements are the company's own, not independently checked, and reported items are marked as such. Not yet reviewed line by line by a second person. If something is wrong, tell us.