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By: MIT Builds an OS to Give Multicore Chips a Heartbeat : Tech News and Analysis «

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:03:00 +0000

[...] programming and tool sets to optimize the hundred of cores in a graphics processor worked for the high performance computing sector and in some enterprise [...]

By: Surprise! First Dual-Core Smartphone Arrives Early: Tech News «

Surprise! First Dual-Core Smartphone Arrives Early: Tech News « — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:52:01 +0000

[...] of parallel computing, software can better leverage computers with multiple cores. By taking the lessons learned for building software to run on multiple cores in serversdevelopers can build apps that deliver faster results because the processing can take place on the [...]

By: And Now Playing, GPU Clouds

And Now Playing, GPU Clouds — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:58:36 +0000

[...] is certainly right. Hollywood like many other industries is grappling with two major trends — extreme digitization and increasing demand for content via wireless/edge devices. The on-demand nature of this GPU cloud [...]

By: Nvidia Shows Off Its Survival Skills With IBM Win « wesley83's Blog

Nvidia Shows Off Its Survival Skills With IBM Win « wesley83's Blog — Tue, 18 May 2010 18:43:19 +0000

[...] supercomputers. We wrote about the efforts IBM made to push it into the HPC market as well as into the data center, but it turns out the market didn’t want the Cell [...]

By: Nvidia Shows Off Its Survival Skills With IBM Win

Nvidia Shows Off Its Survival Skills With IBM Win — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:01:29 +0000

[...] supercomputers. We wrote about the efforts IBM made to push it into the HPC market as well as into the data center, but it turns out the market didn’t want the Cell [...]

By: Intel, Microsoft Gorging on Multicore Programming Startups

Intel, Microsoft Gorging on Multicore Programming Startups — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:32:02 +0000

[...] worked on IBM’s Cell processor and various graphics processors. The goal for Intel is to offer tools to make its chips a better bargain for companies that want to use multicore chips without investing a lot of money in rewriting their [...]

By: Technology Vendors Go to Hollywood

Technology Vendors Go to Hollywood — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:23:49 +0000

[...] Intel last year signed a deal with DreamWorks under which the film studio will use Intel chips and technology for its 3-D animations. Meanwhile, director Robert Rodriguez of “Sin City” and “Spy Kids” fame uses AMD gear. Like climate simulations, seismic charting in the oil industry or gene research, filmmakers have a huge need for processing power to make special effects look real and to even capture motion. Sometimes this enormous need for compute power is fulfilled in-house, and other times it is sent to the cloud. Last month, EnFuzion announced that it had built a rendering cloud for graphics on top of Amazon’s Web Services. [...]

By: Long View: As Devices Converge, Chip Vendors Girding For a Fight

Long View: As Devices Converge, Chip Vendors Girding For a Fight — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:18:45 +0000

[...] Nvidia to produce the CX-1 desktop supercomputer. Heavy number crunchers, such as those perfecting digital special effects for movies, are the market for these desktop supercomputers. They are joined at the other end of of the [...]

By: The Hunt for a Universal Compiler Gets $16M

The Hunt for a Universal Compiler Gets $16M — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:01:44 +0000

[...] for each platform is expensive, time-consuming and limited to that one specific device, so most chipmakers or outside vendors develop compilers for each chip. While the process can take some 3-5 years, the compiler can then be used for the [...]

By: Hybrid Computers Will Hide in the Cloud

Hybrid Computers Will Hide in the Cloud — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:35:40 +0000

[...] more acceptable. The software troubles can be offset by closely working with chipmakers that are offering software development kits or tools. And, one day, Bradicich thinks the cloud will [...]

By: IBM’s Cell Chip Gets Another Home: TV - GigaOM

IBM’s Cell Chip Gets Another Home: TV - GigaOM — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:17:38 +0000

[...] When IBM teamed up with Sony and Toshiba in 2000 to build this nine-core semiconductor, the goal was to make a fast chip that took advantage of parallel processing to display awesome graphics. In the middle of 2005, when IBM started pushing the Cell processor for data center applications, too, analysts scoffed, saying there were few programs out there to take advantage of the multicore architecture. Yet today, multicore chips are in everything from servers and desktops to routers, and firms from Intel to Microsoft are addressing the programming problems. [...]

By: Nvidia to Offer Its Chips in the New Cray Desktop - GigaOM

Nvidia to Offer Its Chips in the New Cray Desktop - GigaOM — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:36:51 +0000

[...] The Cray CX1 computer launched today, with specs that include either 32 or 64 Intel cores and 4 terabytes of internal storage. The new machine, which runs a new version of Microsoft Windows, is a testament to both the demand for and the democratization of computing power. Indeed, people who earlier might have turned to grids or supercomputers for their problems are building powerful desktops with accelerator chips, while less scientifically minded folks, such as traders or product designers, who want to render things in 3-D are seeking more processing power. [...]

By: Why 3-D TV Technology Is All Hype - GigaOM

Why 3-D TV Technology Is All Hype - GigaOM — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:51:07 +0000

[...] will be produced for 3-D production beginning in 2009 is the next step in a partnership with Intel that began on the processing side and aims to end up making 3-D a reality in the living room. The news really just adds the [...]

By: Five Multicore Startups to Watch - GigaOM

Five Multicore Startups to Watch - GigaOM — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:10:19 +0000

[...] In this case it’s C++. IBM, Intel, Nvidia and even Apple are all focused on varying ways to easily develop for multicore chips, but there is plenty of room for a small company with good tools to excel. Cilk, which is based in [...]

By: Ames Tiedeman

Ames Tiedeman — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:26:46 +0000

I wonder if they will be using NVDA technology in the future?

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Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:49:57 +0000

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