IBM Corp. on Nov. 23 announced an R&D program to develop medicines for HIV/AIDS, making use of the powerful computational capability of World Community Grid.

Computer users across the world can donate the unused time of their personal computers for the program by downloading the free software of the World Community Grid and registering on its website (www.worldcommunitygrid.org).

These personal computers, along with 10 supercomputers in the world, will constitute the world's first virtual supercomputer specially dedicated to AIDS research.