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Nvidia Fermi Marks Company’s Next-Generation GPU Architecture

October 1st, 2009 | No Comments

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang introduced Fermi, the companys next-generation graphics processing unit (GPU) architecture designed to accelerate supercomputer-caliber applications such as ray tracing and high-precision scientific computing. Fermi will utilize three billion transistors and 512 CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) cores, and represents Nvidias next best hope for competing vigorously against Intel and Advanced Micro Devices.
– Nvidia plans on releasing its next-generation graphics processing unit architecture,
code-named Fermi, within the next few months. Fermi will incorporate more than three billion transistors and 512 CUDA
(Compute Unified Device Architecture) cores, Nvidia says, which will accelerate
its parallel-c…

Nvidia Announces CUDA Fortran Compiler Beta

September 29th, 2009 | No Comments

A public beta release of Nvidia’s PGI CUDA-enabled Fortran compiler is now available for use in application development.
– Nvidia announced Sept. 29 that a public beta release of its PGI CUDA-enabled
Fortran compiler is now available.
Nvidia developed this compiler in collaboration with the Portland Group to
be quot;the first Fortran compiler compatible with Nvidia CUDA-enabled
graphics processing units (GPUs). qu…

Nvidia Working with Microsoft on GPU Computing for HPC

September 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Nvidia and Microsoft engineers are working together to promote Nvidias Tesla GPUs in HPC environments that use Microsofts Windows HPC Server 2008 operating system. The move is part of a push by Nvidia to expand the reach of its Tesla GPUs into mainstream computing. Others, including AMD, are making similar efforts.
– Nvidia is working with Microsoft to expand the reach of its graphics
processing technologies into high-performance computing space.
Nvidia officials announced Sept. 28 that their engineers are
collaborating with their Microsoft counterparts to tout the use of
their Tesla GPUs in HPC environments…

Eight Ways Nvidia, AMD and Other GPUs Boost HPC

September 15th, 2009 | No Comments

Graphic processing units are finding a greater mainstream computing role, thanks in large part to the efforts of Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices in promoting the technology for general-purpose computing. GPUs from these vendors and others are cropping up in coprocessing roles in workstations from the likes of Dell and Hewlett-Packard, as well as HPC (high-performance computing) offerings from vendors such as Appro and Verari Systems. The benefits of GPUs, from their ability to run such tasks as video applications to the fact that they can hold significantly more processing cores than CPUs, dovetail with the increased demand from consumers and businesses for better performance around such diverse workloads as video, gaming and math-intensive applications. Officials with AMD, which bought ATI for $5.4 billion in 2006, announced in May that they were merging their processor and graphics businesses. Intel also is increasing the graphics capabilities of its processor technologies. AMD gained ground on market leader Nvidia in the second quarter, thanks to its Radeon graphics cards, which were released in 2008.By Jeffrey Burt
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HP Workstation Comes With Nvidia Tesla GPUs

August 4th, 2009 | No Comments

HP is offering configurations of its Z800 workstation with Nvidias Tesla graphics processors. The move comes at a time when Nvidia is aggressively pushing GPUs into the HPC field, and other chip makers in particular, AMD and Intel are looking to expand their graphics chips capabilities. In addition, hardware makers like Appro are offering CPU and GPU technologies in their systems aimed at the HPC space.
– Nvidia continues to find new homes for its Tesla GPUs.
The graphics chip maker Aug. 3 announced that Hewlett-Packard is now offering its Z800 Workstation with up to two Tesla GPUs aimed at the HPC (high-performance computing) space.
Nvidia officials see the embrace by HP as the latest indication o…

Nvidia, AMD, Intel All Show Graphics Gains, Report Finds

July 28th, 2009 | No Comments

AMD, Intel and Nvidia contributed to what Jon Peddie Research is describing as the best second quarter, quarter-to-quarter change in nine years. AMD showed the strongest turnaround, with a growth of 41.5 percent from the last quarter to this quarter. The researcher is predicting Â“a robust back-to-school season.Â”
– In a July 27 report, Jon Peddie Research (JPR) is predicting that, after a slow first half of the year, the graphics market is gearing up for a more robust second half.

Noting that graphics chips are the leading indicators of the PC market, the research firm states that 2009 has shown the best …

Nvidia, AMD, Intel All Show Graphics Gains, Report Finds

July 28th, 2009 | No Comments

AMD, Intel and Nvidia contributed to what Jon Peddie Research is describing as the best second quarter, quarter-to-quarter change in nine years. AMD showed the strongest turnaround, with a growth of 41.5 percent from the last quarter to this quarter. The researcher is predicting Â“a robust back-to-school season.Â”
– In a July 27 report, Jon Peddie Research predicts that, after a slow first
half of the year, the graphics market is gearing up for a more robust second
half.

Noting that graphics chips are the leading indicators of the PC market, the
research firm states that 2009 has shown the best second q…

For Intel, Nvidia, Worst Is Over, Says Jon Peddie

July 17th, 2009 | No Comments

Jon Peddie Research says 2010 may prove an amazing comeback for graphics chip makers. New products from Intel, AMD, ATI and Nvidia are expected to disrupt the status quo, and JPR expects desktop shipment numbers to stand up to notebooks and netbooks.
– For graphics chip makers, the worst is over, says a July 16 report
from Jon Peddie Research. Global graphics chip shipments for 2009
will see the Â“worst ever year-over-year drop in shipments,Â” the firm
reported, but a comeback is expected for 2010.

JPR lists the annual percentage growth for …

Nvidia Scores Win Against Rambus in Patent Fight

July 15th, 2009 | No Comments

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has tentatively invalidated several Rambus patents key to the microchip designer’s disputes against Nvidia.
– SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on
Tuesday tentatively invalidated several Rambus patents key to the
microchip designer’s disputes against graphics chip maker Nvidia Corp.
The patent office quot;has now initially rejected all of the patent
claims asserted by Rambu…