Wednesday, 1 September 2010

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GPU Technology Highlights: A Revolution in Design Engineering

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:00 AM PDT

As a technologist and technology journalist for over twenty years, I've been a witness or participant to many different game-changing technologies. Some end up changing the way we look at computing, while others just seem to fizzle out and disappear after a while.

I have little doubt that GPU computing will fall into the former category. That assessment is based on the fact that the performance of GPUs on many important scientific and engineering problems overshadows just about any other method of computation, save a supercomputer. But GPUs are typically less than the cost of CPUs, and have a place in any engineer's desktop workstation.

There are huge hurdles to overcome. The largest are probably the availability of good software development tools, and the motivation of engineering software vendors to build applications that can take advantage of the floating point computation abilities of the GPU.

This year, I'll be presenting at the GPU Technology Conference, discussing why GPU computing is changing the face of engineering computing, and how software vendors are getting innovative about enabling engineering code to run on those processors. I'll provide data concerning the adoption rate of GPUs among engineering users and discuss how both engineers and software developers can make greater use of GPUs in solving computationally-intensive problems.

My session, titled GPU Computing and a Revolution in Design Engineering, takes place Tuesday, September, 21st, 11:00 - 11:50am. Hope to see you there. 

NVIDIA at PAX West

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:00 AM PDT

Nothin' like finishing off the summer with a loud explosion. So, we are off to PAX West in Seattle this week to Crank it Up with the West Coast crowd. PAX East in Beantown was such a blast that we had the urge to do it again on the left coast.

For those planning on attending, hang with us at booth #3404 on the main floor and get hands-on gameplay on GeForce powered rigs. 3D will be everywhere, single screen, projectors, surround, laptops. And, we will have a 3D Photo Booth in the South Lobby. You haven't lived until you've seen yourself in the 3rd Dimension - swing by.

We're also running a scavenger hunt at the show, so while you're at our booth be sure to pick up your Scavenger Hunt card.  You'll get to go on a tour of the floor, seeing GeForce gear and games at our partners' booths. 

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And, back by popular demand, we'll be giving away the ever-popular Crank That S#!T Up t-shirts and even a trip to BlizzCon. For those not attending, follow us on Twitter, Facebook and our blog. We'll see you in Seattle!
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