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GRAPHICS, HARDWARE
RUMORS
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In the past few weeks, we've seen various rumors on the product specifications of first discrete GPU using Kepler architecture, the GK104. However, the real specifications are (finally) here...
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GRAPHICS, HARDWARE
NEWS
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At the AMD Fusion Developer Summit 11 - short AFDS or FUSION11 (depending on which PR team you ask) - in Bellevue, Washington AMD didn't hesitate to highlight the advantages of their Fusion technology.
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GRAPHICS, HARDWARE
RUMORS
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Leaked slides confirm suspected specifications for two upcoming graphics chips from AMD: Cayman to feature 1536 cores, while dual-GPU Antilles will carry 3072 cores.
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HARDWARE, CLOUD COMPUTING, ENTERPRISE
NEWS
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GTC 2010 Without any doubt, the most interesting HPC product on nVidia's conference comes from T-Platforms. Engineers at T-Platforms created an MXM version of Tesla M2050 and shoved 1PFLOPS in 10 racks.
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GRAPHICS, ENTERPRISE, BUSINESS
ANALYSIS
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Recently, a rumor appeared that Oak Ridge National Laboratories shelved their nVidia Fermi-based 10PFLOPS+ super-cluster due to Fermi's power consumption. We found out what's really going on.
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GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE
NEWS
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SC09 Performance target for Intel's Larrabee was very simple one: "1TFLOPS @ 16 P55C-based cores, 2.0 GHz clock, 150W TDP and 1TFLOPS. At SC09, Intel finally made that target.
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GRAPHICS, ENTERPRISE, DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
NEWS
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A lot was said about the efficiency differences between CPU and GPU. But when we leave benchmarks and move into the real world, things tend to develop in a way you do[n't?] expect.
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HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE
NEWS
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Today at GTC'09, SuperMicro has announced that they will be releasing a slew of nvidia GPU based TESLA server solutions. Yes, the GT300 "Fermi" cGPU is included too.
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GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT
NEWS
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AMD says "the future is fusion". We agree, but we'll have to wait until 2012 to see that coming to life - Hollywood and Japan are creating world's first ray-traced PC game and movie.
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GRAPHICS, HARDWARE
NEWS, RUMORS
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According to the information that is now leaking out from Santa Clara, it looks like G[T]300 boards are weeks before launch, not six months or even more...
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GRAPHICS, HARDWARE
NEWS, RUMORS
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We managed to get a confirmation from three independent sources - nVidia's 2.4 billion transistor answers to RV870 and Larrabee is not just taped out, but A1 silicon is in Santa Clara.
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GRAPHICS
RUMORS
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As GT300 takes shape, we managed to learn one tidbit more: the die size of this 2.4 billion transistor monster. We are surprised, to say the least.
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GRAPHICS, HARDWARE
RUMORS
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ATI claimed that 256-bit memory controller is justified with the GDDR5, doubling the bandwidth from GDDR3. But what happens if nVidia launches a 512-bit controller with GDDR5?
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GRAPHICS, ENTERPRISE
NEWS
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What started with a modest line-up in 2007 is now expanding into a nice business unit for NVDA: GPU Preconfigured Cluster is the latest Tesla part.
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GRAPHICS, HARDWARE
RUMORS
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The reason why you won't hear a thing like "ATI RV870 tapes out" is because the cards are already with NDA-ed partners. We bring you the alleged specs of the GPU and the cards...
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