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AMD Working Hard on a Compiler That Uses Their GPUs for Computing

In an effort to prove the public that their 2006 bet baptized Fusion was a winning one, AMD has its software developers working hard on compilers that make use of the company’s GPUs. The guys at Phoronix reported that, in a mail dated 26th of March 2012, Tom Stellard of AMD had asked the LLVM developers to inc...

28 March 2012
10:35 GMT

GPGPU Accelerators in CPU Sockets Illogical, AMD Says

Advanced Micro Devices hasn't said anything much about its upcoming collection of graphics cards, but it did reveal a few things about some other matters. Among other things, the Sunnyvale, California-based company has spoken its mind in regards to GPGPU computing. In supercomputers, while x86 CPUs do much o...

12 December 2011
16:11 GMT

SGI to Build Hybrid Supercomputer for Swinburne University of Technology

The Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, has just announced that it has signed a contract with SGI to provide the first phase of the university's new supercomputer that combines traditional CPU-based hardware with GPGPU technology to deliver massive amounts of computing power.The system, w...

11 July 2011
10:32 GMT

AMD to Open GPGPU 'App Store' for AMD Fusion APUs

It really seems that the “app store” application delivery system is becoming more and more widespread, with just about every big name in the CE and IT segments coming up with some sort of system of this type, AMD being one of the latest to join the pack. As some of you already know too well, AMD has la...

18 January 2011
02:41 GMT

Tyan Intros AMD FireStream Compatible GPGPU Server Motherboards

With all the hype that Nvidia tries to build around their Quadro GPGPU computing solutions one can easily forget that AMD is in this game too with its FireStrem line, Tyan just announcing four new FireStrem compatible server motherboards that promise to deliver exceptional performance in highly parallel applications....

18 November 2010
02:58 GMT

Clarkdale Gets GPGPU Support

General-purpose processing of graphics processing units (GPGPU) is not a capability held by all current central processors. The GPGPU defines the process through which the CPU's tasks are offloaded onto the GPU, allowing the graphics processing unit to perform computations in applications that would normally...

5 December 2009
03:51 GMT

NVIDIA Tesla C1060 GPU Now Available in Dell Workstations

Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA has announced today that its Tesla C1060 GPU computing processor has been integrated into several Dell Precision workstations, including the R5400, T5500 and T7500 models. This solution will enable professional users to take advantage of the performance levels delivered by NVIDIA&...

6 May 2009
04:47 GMT

NVIDIA Tesla GPU to Help Decipher the Complexity of the Human Brain

Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA has announced today that Evolved Machines Inc has chosen the Tesla GPU computing processors for their latest computing facility, designed for the development of artificial neural circuits. According to the graphics maker, the new system boasts an impressive 10,800 parallel computi...

9 April 2009
06:30 GMT

AMD Updates ATI Stream SDK with v1.4

Sunnyvale, California-based AMD has just announced the introduction of the latest version of their ATI Stream SDK, a technology that combines both hardware and software to leverage the performance capabilities of the company's graphics processing units to accelerate compute-intensive applications. The ATI Stream...

13 March 2009
04:04 GMT

NVIDIA Announces Collaboration with WIPRO for CUDA Technology

NVIDIA, the leading manufacturer of computer graphics and the creator of the CUDA technology, recently announced that it was working closely with Wipro to provide the CUDA professional services to their joint customers worldwide, enabling developers with easier access to NVIDIA's parallel computing architecture....

16 January 2009
04:35 GMT

Imagination's PowerVR SGX543 Quad-Core GPU at CES 2009

Imagination Technologies is reported to showcase today at CES its PowerVR SGX543, the latest version of its graphics chip. The new part becomes increasingly special given the fact that many expect it to be featured inside Apple's future iPhones, since the Imagination Technologies’ GPU technology blueprints...

9 January 2009
08:18 GMT

NVIDIA Updates CUDA, Free Download Available

NVIDIA is reported to have recently released a fresh version of its CUDA platform, a technology known to benefit from the GPGPU capabilities of the company's graphics solutions. The release does not come with new features, but the SDK has been added support for Windows Vista, Red Hat Linux, as well as VisualStud...

22 December 2008
03:33 GMT

NVIDIA Demoes Tesla GPU for Personal Computing

Aside from the recent announcement coming from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, according to which NVIDIA's Tesla GPU will be powering a TSUBAME supercomputer, the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker has also just demoed a Lenovo ThinkStation equipped with the company's Tesla C1060 GPU Computing proc...

19 November 2008
02:46 GMT

AMD Announces Support for DirectX 11

After announcing its latest chipset with integrated graphics, Advanced Micro is showing clear signs of thinking well ahead into the future. A rep for the company just announced today plans for extending the efforts in the adoption of the next-generation GPGPU software development. What that actually means is that, in...

6 August 2008
08:34 GMT

Nvidia to Work on the First Mac GPGPU Architecture

The General-Purpose Graphics Processing Unit (GPGPU) is a new class of graphics processor that can perform the same logical operations that were reserved for a system's primary CPU. These GPGPUs allow the system speed up processing of non-graphics applications and got into the spotlight with the advent of ATI&#...

29 January 2008
10:59 GMT

The GPGPU Technology

The entire computer manufacturing industry floats on an almost endless sea of acronyms that users learned to embrace and use when talking about various technologies and hardware parts. One of the latest acronyms to surface is the GPGPU and before too long users will meet it on an every day basis as it reflects the cu...

7 August 2007
11:14 GMT

Nvidia Rolls Out the Tesla GPGPU Platform

You've probably heard a lot of things about Nvidia, Ati and GPGPU. The idea of using the power inside the GPU for other purposes than 3D rendering is not a new one but only Nvidia's 8 series and lately Ati's X1900 and HD 2900XT series are completely programmable. AMD's Fusion is also a known subje...

21 June 2007
13:26 GMT

Intel: from 16 Cores to 80 Cores

Just as things were looking like they started to cool down in Intel land, they come up and stir the water, rise the dust, and make themselves heard again. If anything is sure, it's that Intel is very determined to stay on top of the game, even if there is no immediate threat, they still take all the necessary me...

17 April 2007
09:01 GMT


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