Comments on: How DreamWorks Puts Multicore Chips to Work http://gigaom.com/2008/07/11/dreamworks-and-big-oil-put-multicore-to-work/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:38:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Intel, Microsoft Gorging on Multicore Programming Startups http://gigaom.com/2008/07/11/dreamworks-and-big-oil-put-multicore-to-work/#comment-974756 Intel, Microsoft Gorging on Multicore Programming Startups Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:32:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14110#comment-974756 <p>[...] 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 [...]</p> [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2008/07/11/dreamworks-and-big-oil-put-multicore-to-work/#comment-964691 Technology Vendors Go to Hollywood Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:23:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14110#comment-964691 <p>[...] 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. [...]</p> [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2008/07/11/dreamworks-and-big-oil-put-multicore-to-work/#comment-937976 Long View: As Devices Converge, Chip Vendors Girding For a Fight Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:18:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14110#comment-937976 <p>[...] 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 [...]</p> [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2008/07/11/dreamworks-and-big-oil-put-multicore-to-work/#comment-936582 The Hunt for a Universal Compiler Gets $16M Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:01:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14110#comment-936582 <p>[...] 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 [...]</p> [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2008/07/11/dreamworks-and-big-oil-put-multicore-to-work/#comment-931275 Hybrid Computers Will Hide in the Cloud Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:35:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14110#comment-931275 <p>[...] 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 [...]</p> [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2008/07/11/dreamworks-and-big-oil-put-multicore-to-work/#comment-902596 IBM’s Cell Chip Gets Another Home: TV - GigaOM Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:17:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14110#comment-902596 <p>[...] 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. [...]</p> [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2008/07/11/dreamworks-and-big-oil-put-multicore-to-work/#comment-899802 Nvidia to Offer Its Chips in the New Cray Desktop - GigaOM Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:36:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14110#comment-899802 <p>[...] 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. [...]</p> [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2008/07/11/dreamworks-and-big-oil-put-multicore-to-work/#comment-895290 Why 3-D TV Technology Is All Hype - GigaOM Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:51:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14110#comment-895290 <p>[...] 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 [...]</p> [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2008/07/11/dreamworks-and-big-oil-put-multicore-to-work/#comment-888872 Five Multicore Startups to Watch - GigaOM Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:10:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14110#comment-888872 <p>[...] 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 [...]</p> [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2008/07/11/dreamworks-and-big-oil-put-multicore-to-work/#comment-888236 Ames Tiedeman Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:26:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14110#comment-888236 <p>I wonder if they will be using NVDA technology in the future?</p> I wonder if they will be using NVDA technology in the future?

]]> By: Internet Marketing Labs | Course - HAL’s ambitions acquire wings - Central Chronicle http://gigaom.com/2008/07/11/dreamworks-and-big-oil-put-multicore-to-work/#comment-888202 Internet Marketing Labs | Course - HAL’s ambitions acquire wings - Central Chronicle Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:49:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14110#comment-888202 <p>[...] How DreamWorks Puts Multicore Chips to Work - Gigaom.comYou wouldn t think that next year s DreamWorks movie, Aliens vs. Monsters and the search for more crude would be connected, but they are in that they both take advantage of parallel programming for multicore chips. And when it comes to [...]</p> [...] How DreamWorks Puts Multicore Chips to Work – Gigaom.comYou wouldn t think that next year s DreamWorks movie, Aliens vs. Monsters and the search for more crude would be connected, but they are in that they both take advantage of parallel programming for multicore chips. And when it comes to [...]

]]> By: blognround http://gigaom.com/2008/07/11/dreamworks-and-big-oil-put-multicore-to-work/#comment-888019 blognround Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:17:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14110#comment-888019 <p>Multicore programming is a fairly specialized kind of programming involving the OS kernel, graphics/audio drivers/subsystems, GPUs and threads. Creating the 3D platform is a distinct effort from, writing applications that use the 3D apis and underlying software plumbing needed to make 3D fly.</p> <p>Semiconductor companies, especially Intel, are notoriously poor software architects and software implementers. Intel management might PR alot about multicores, but all their margins come from Chip wins and placements.</p> <p>I'll hold my breath.. on this effort... i have very low expectations unless Intel completely outsources this work to someone that knows what they are doing.</p> Multicore programming is a fairly specialized kind of programming involving the OS kernel, graphics/audio drivers/subsystems, GPUs and threads. Creating the 3D platform is a distinct effort from, writing applications that use the 3D apis and underlying software plumbing needed to make 3D fly.

Semiconductor companies, especially Intel, are notoriously poor software architects and software implementers. Intel management might PR alot about multicores, but all their margins come from Chip wins and placements.

I’ll hold my breath.. on this effort… i have very low expectations unless Intel completely outsources this work to someone that knows what they are doing.

]]> By: Stacey Higginbotham http://gigaom.com/2008/07/11/dreamworks-and-big-oil-put-multicore-to-work/#comment-888009 Stacey Higginbotham Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:51:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14110#comment-888009 <p>Fede, thanks. Fixed.</p> Fede, thanks. Fixed.

]]> By: fede http://gigaom.com/2008/07/11/dreamworks-and-big-oil-put-multicore-to-work/#comment-888007 fede Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:57:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14110#comment-888007 <p>the name of the spanish company is repsol not reposal</p> the name of the spanish company is repsol not reposal

]]> By: Drive Flash Usb http://gigaom.com/2008/07/11/dreamworks-and-big-oil-put-multicore-to-work/#comment-887997 Drive Flash Usb Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:02:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14110#comment-887997 <p>That's might be a good teamwork.</p> That’s might be a good teamwork.

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