14 DAY TRIAL // 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.
This new solutions cover a wide range of uses since they are built to be used in 2U or 4U servers platforms together with Intel or AMD processors (depending on the motherboard) in order to deliver up to 2.64 TFLOPs of single precision performance.
Of course that by going with a 2U solution one would have to limit itself to only two FireStrem GPGPU boards, 4U platforms supporting either four or eight compute accelerators, depending on the model.
Furthermore, all these platforms feature double-wide PCIe 2.0 x16 slots, and meet the special mechanical requirements as well as the power and airflow needs to support AMD FireStream 9170, 9250, 9270, 9350 and 9370 GPU compute accelerators, according to Tyan.
Known for their floating point processing capabilities, AMD FireStream solution can deliver impressive performances when used together with highly parallel applications such as video processing, audio signal processing, raytracing, scientific computing or cryptography to name just a few of their uses.
“Tyan offers an outstanding selection of platforms that are designed to take full advantage of AMD FireStream GPU compute accelerators,” said Patricia Harrell, director, Stream Computing, AMD.
“AMD’s work with Tyan is helping usher in a new generation of exciting form factors and computing capabilities, in large part due to the exceptional performance capabilities of AMD’s graphics technology.”
All of these AMD FireStream-compatible server platforms are available now worldwide, Tyan also planning on showcasing them during Supercomputing 2010 convention in New Orleans that will take place November 15-18, pricing being set upon request.