CAPS, a leading global provider of compiler technologies and engineering services for parallel hybrid
computing, has announced that Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will use CAPS’ HMPP
compiler to leverage the computing power of a graphics processing unit (GPU)-based hybrid cluster.
As a world leader in high-performance computing (HPC), ORNL is preparing the future of next-
generation petascale computing [...]

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CAPS entreprise the industry leader in development tools for high performance applications is pleased to announce that it is working closely with the NVIDIA teams to make HMPP compiler fully support the new NVIDIA Fermi architecture.
“With several key features such as a true cache hierarchy, concurrent thread execution and ECC, Fermi brings real breakthrough [...]

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ARM today announced the launch of the ARM® Cortex™-A5 MPCore™ processor – the smallest, lowest power ARM multicore processor capable of delivering the Internet to the widest possible range of devices, from ultra low cost handsets, feature phones and smart mobile devices to pervasive embedded, consumer and industrial devices. Available as an extremely area- and [...]

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Rambus and Kingston Technology are collaborating on the development of a threaded module prototype using DDR3 DRAM technology. According to the companies, initial results show data throughput can be boosed by up to 50%, with a 20% reduction in power consumption.
“As multicore computing becomes pervasive, DRAM subsystems will be severely challenged to deliver the data [...]

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New OpenCL Visual Profiler for Windows and Linux Now Available to Thousands of Developers
Leveraging the extensive performance instrumentation in NVIDIA’s OpenCL drivers and hardware performance signals designed into NVIDIA GPUs, the OpenCL Visual Profiler provides developers with insight into performance bottlenecks and opportunities for optimization.
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MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of IDC’s new report “The Diminishing Returns of Moore’s Law: Multicore Is Not the Panacea for Increasing Performance It Should Be,” to their collection of Hardware market reports.
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This IDC study looks at the proliferation of multicore processors and the effect they have on software performance.
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AccelerEyes is pleased to announce the release of Jacket v1.1.1 – the GPU engine for MATLAB®. This release includes random-number generation with grand() and double-precision support for FFT functions. All Jacket trials have been reset, so if you’ve trialed Jacket in the past, you now have another chance to trial again.
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Super Micro Computer, Inc., a leader in application-optimized, high performance server and workstation solutions, today announced availability of its dual Intel(R) Xeon(R) 5500 Series (Nehalem) processor-based 7046GT-TRF SuperWorkstations. These powerful SuperWorkstations are the
first to support four NVIDIA Tesla C1060 GPUs as well as three additional PCI-e add-on cards for high-bandwidth I/O. These new systems also [...]

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Ultra-high forwarding performance: NMC-8102 series adopts Cavium high-performance multi-core MIPS64 CPU, main frequency up to dual-core 700M, up to 1000M wire-speed for complete PC, 600Kpps forwarding rate for 64-byte packets.
Advanced multi-core technology: NMC-8102 adopts multi-core processor with multithreading software technology. It can assign the task of security gateway forwarding and function load to multiple [...]

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In a press release, IBM today announced new systems software for managing virtualized servers, designed to help clients plan, build and maintain data centers while reducing costs. IBM is also helping clients protect their long-term investments in Power Systems™ by announcing an upgraded path to its next-generation servers that will include POWER7 microprocessors.
The new systems [...]

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CAPS announced the launch of HMPP New Generation (HMPP 2.x). HMPP 2.x is a follow-on to HMPP First Generation, rolled out last fall. It offers a host of new features and enhancements that make HMPP more robust, easy-to-use, flexible and performance-boosting than ever.
HMPP 2.x allows users to pipeline computations in multi-GPU systems and makes better [...]

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Bits&Coffee has released BatchPhoto v. 2.5, a powerful Windows photo converter program that makes it easy to annotate, touch up, transform, apply effects, convert and rename hundreds of pictures in a single operation. Instead of enhancing and adjusting pictures individually, BatchPhoto lets you select a group of images, define a series of edits, and apply [...]

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At today’s Linley Tech seminar, RMI Corporation, a leading provider of high-performance processors for communication and media rich applications, announced plans to launch its next generation processor architecture and product family performing at frequencies greater than 2.0 GHz. This latest offering will bring about the most advanced and most highly integrated multi-core processor in the [...]

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Red Herring today announced that ACUMEM AB was named a WINNER of the Red Herring 100 Europe, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region each year.
“Being included on the Red Herring100 list is a proof of the fantastic work done by [...]

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ARM, a company already synonymous with excellence in CPU design, continues to show success in delivering highest performance ARM® Mali™ graphics processing unit (GPU) technology and today outlined its vision to shape the future of the next generation of graphics processing and mobile gaming against the backdrop of the 22nd annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) [...]

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NVIDIA Corporation today announced the launch of the GPU Ventures Program, a new global initiative whose aim is to identify, support and invest in early stage companies leveraging the GPU for visual and other computing applications. NVIDIA is also launching the GPU Venture Zone website, a portal to publicly showcase the innovative GPU applications being [...]

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Acceleware Corp., a leading developer of high performance computing applications, today announced a new CUDA-based professional services offering, designed to help organizations rapidly implement GPU based High Performance Computing (HPC) software projects. These new CUDA-based services, including consulting, training and quick start packages, will provide expertise for parallel code optimization projects and customization for Acceleware’s [...]

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Continuous Computing, a company deploying architected systems comprised of telecom platforms and Trillium software, announced its collaboration with Cavium Networks, a provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, wireless, and storage applications.
The combination of Continuous Computing’s Trillium LTE software and Cavium’s Octeon multi-core processor family, which boasts a 16-core MIPS64 architecture [...]

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Cavium Networks (NASDAQ : CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking and wireless applications today announced that multiple industry leading wireless infrastructure solutions using its market leading OCTEON Multi-core MIPS64 processors are being showcased at the 2009 Mobile World Congress (MWC) show in Barcelona, Spain. The OCTEON Wireless Processors [...]

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Synopsys, Inc. , a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, today unveiled two key improvements to its PrimeTime® static timing analysis (STA) suite that deliver a dramatic boost to designer productivity. The latest release includes a flexible multicore processing technology that makes more effective use of both single-core and multicore [...]

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