All eyes on Nvidia as GTC kicks off
After last week’s Intel Developer Forum, it’s now Nvidia’s turn. Later on today the company will open its three-day GPU Technology Conference in San Jose – a more formal affair than last year’s flashy...
View ArticleReports of CUDA’s death exaggerated?
In my last post I suggested that DirectX 11’s extensive GPGPU support could mark the end of the road for CUDA. And I do expect that mass market GPU applications will quickly move to DirectX rather...
View ArticleNvidia responds: There’s cash in CUDA
Some companies take a very laid back approach to the press. I could publicly allege that Itanium was a front for a money-laundering operation and I doubt I’d hear a peep of complaint from Intel....
View ArticleAutomating applications with AutoIt
Lately I’ve been experimenting with Cyberlink MediaShow Espresso, a simple video conversion utility that happens to support both CUDA and ATI Stream extensions. The idea was to compare performance...
View ArticleSuperMicro showcases Xeon E5 GPU supercomputer
Intel’s new Xeon E5 series will be powering plenty of application servers in the near future. But at CeBIT, high-end hardware company SuperMicro has demonstrated another use for the platform: as the...
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