winbeta.org - 21.06.2007

Nvidia's Ian Buck Talks GPGPU

Tom's Hardware: With Snow Leopard and Windows 7 both offering GPGPU capabilities, we wanted to talk to Nvidia's Ian Buck. Not only is he one of the fathers of Brook, the programming language ultimately adopted by AMD/ATI, but the head of Nvidia's CUDA group as well...




winbeta.org - 03.09.2009

AMD plans GPGPU SDK updates including DirectX 11 support

AMD has announced that they planning new updates to its SDK to further increase the ease and efficiently of software development using future versions of the Stream SDK. The improvements will reduce time and effort needed to produce GPU accelerated applications running on multiple platforms using industry standard API’s and enhanced support for C/C++

Through a series of upgrades over the next 18 months AMD will add full support for DirectX 11. DirectX 11 is expected to build upon the already outstanding performance of DirectX 10.1 for 3-D graphics rendering and gaming control.

It is also being designed to introduce a host of new technologies aimed at making it easier for programmers to create general purpose graphics processing (GPGPU) accelerated applications that can run on any Windows Vista powered platform.



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neowin.net - 07.08.2008

Intel: CUDA will be just a 'footnote' in computing history

Intel has revealed that it sees no place in the future of computing for general purpose GPU (GPGPU) programming models such as Nvidias CUDA, which has enabled Stanford's Nvidia GPU folding client, saying that programmers dont have the time to learn how to program for radical new architectures.



In a Q&A session after announcing Intels 40th birthday, we asked Intels senior vice president and co-general manager of Intel Corporation's Digital Enterprise Group, Pat Gelsinger, where he saw GPGPU languages such as CUDA in the future. He said that they would be nothing more than ˜interesting footnotes in the history of computing annals.




winbeta.org - 02.07.2008

DX11 Will Be Included With 7

Despite what was talked about this week, it has been confirmed that DirectX 11 will be included with Windows 7.

Here are a few notes from PCGH:

"One of the APIs, Direct 3D 11, has been revealed to include GPGPU, tessellation and improved multi-threading support, the latter meaning better gaming for those who use multi-core processors. Tessellation and Shader Model 5.0 will require hardware which supports
the new API, but for the stubborn and/or cheap folk, parts of Direct3D 11 will be supported on 9/10/10.1-class hardware."

Also, unlike the release of DX10 relating to XP, Vista users will be able to take advantage of DX11 too, because there will also be a Vista release.

This will most likely make DX11 more widely used than DX10 simply because it's available on more platforms.


jcxp.net - 26.11.2008

Adobe: The GPU is not a universal app accelerator

Wolfgang Gruener: After almost half a year since the CS4 beta was given to journalists, and with the acceleration still being very limited for end users, I believed it was time to talk to Adobes Photoshop product manager John Nack, along with software engineering lead Russell Williams, about the experiences they had with GPGPU acceleration and about the challenges implementing what GPUs are really good at -- parallel number crunching.




winbeta.org - 19.02.2009

General Purpose Computing on GPU sometime after 2010

An executive from Advanced Micro Devices said that while both ATI, graphics product group of AMD, as well as Nvidia Corp. have been talking about general purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU) for years, the capability will only become popular sometime after 2010, when more advanced compilers become available and after Microsoft releases its DirectX 11 in 2009.

Even though graphics processing units (GPUs) pack much more computing power than traditional central processing units (CPUs), in order to take advantage that performance, software must be specifically tailored for GPUs. As a result, only some programs can benefit from increased processing horse power of GPUs now due to the virtual absence of tools that help software developers to create programs that rely on GPUs. However, this is going to change in three years, said Giuseppe Amato, sales & marketing technical director at AMD in EMEA region. In fact, besides tools that help to develop GPGPU software, the world's second largest maker of x86 processors also expects the emerge of special real-time compilers (akin to those used in drivers for GPUs nowadays) that will be able to choose whether to compute on a CPU or a GPU cores.


neowin.net - 17.07.2007

AMD Talks GPGPU and "Fusion"

In an interview with Italian media, AMD Executive Giuseppe Amato, Technical Director of Sales & Marketing EMEA, discussed AMD's current market position and future products.

In the interview, Amato sheds some more light on the structure of AMD's upcoming Fusion processors. A misconception that Amato notes is that Fusion processors will not only be available in single-chip flavors, but also mutli-chip formats. Two Fusion processors linked together would allow for parallel GPUs. He says that AMD has still not solidified the future plans of Fusion yet, but indicates it would be very likely to see a Fusion processor with a GPU and CPU connected through a CrossFire-like interface -- and have a total TDP of less than 120 Watts.

Amato also praises the flexibility of the Fusion processor in the interview and tells Hardware Upgrade that it will allow AMD to "integrate a specific number of GPU and CPU cores depending on the customer and the uses for which they will use the chip. ..
winbeta.org - 17.07.2007

Is Intel's 'Penryn' Chip Hiding Graphics Support?

It might not make much difference to the end user, but a tiny instruction in Intel's upcoming SSE-4 instruction set included in the "Penryn" processor might be the first step on Intel's road toward enhancing its CPUs with graphics capabilities.

Much of the discussion of "Penryn" – Intel's first 45-nm CPU, probably due by the end of the year – here at the Microprocessor Forum rehashed announcements Intel has previously disclosed, such as the addition of a Deep Power Down state as well as the disclosure that it will contain new SSE-4 multimedia instructions.

One of those instructions, a "streaming load instruction," might be Intel's answer to the general-purpose GPU (GPGPU) proposals being put forth by AMD's ATI division as well as Nvidia, Intel executives said. AMD, meanwhile, has put forward a strategy to bring the graphics processor and general purpose CPU together by 2009, a strategy it calls "Fusion"...
winbeta.org - 23.05.2007

Acceleware rolls out Nvidia Tesla-based super computer

Nvidias Tesla cards are getting into gear, as Acceleware becomes one of the first companies to be offering a deskside supercomputer that can approach a performance of 2 TFlops.



It is no secret that general purpose graphics processor (GPGPU) are likely to play a more and more important role in next-generation supercomputing solutions. A first glimpse what these systems may be able to do is offered by Accelewares ClusterinABox systems, which are demonstrated at the SuperComputing 2007 conference.



The company will be offering standalone accelerator cards - slightly modified high-end Nvidia workstation graphics cards “ as well as complete ClusterinABox workstation systems that are based on AMD Opteron or Intel Xeon processors and come with either two or four Tesla cards in one or two deskside units.




winbeta.org - 02.11.2007

AMD Drives Adoption of Industry Standards in GPGPU Software Development

AMD today announced efforts to help further increase the ease and efficiency of software development using AMD Streamâ„¢ processing with an extensive set of upgrades planned for future versions of the Stream Software Development Kit (SDK).



The improvements are designed to reduce the time and effort needed to produce GPU accelerated applications that run on multiple platforms, by expanding support for industry standard application programming interfaces (APIs) and providing enhanced support for C/C++.



Through a series of updates to the SDK scheduled over the course of the next 18 months, AMD plans to add full support for DirectX 11, the next-generation suite of advanced APIs from Microsoft.




winbeta.org - 06.08.2008

Lavalys releases EVEREST 5.0

jcxp.net - 06.02.2009

ATI Plans Expects DirectX 11 Chips Next Year

ATI, graphics products group of Advanced Micro Devices, said at Ceatec trade-show in Japan that its expects DirectX 11-compatible graphics processing units (GPUs) in 2009, which may be considered as intention to release a new breed of chips that support new application programming interface. In addition, the company predicts prosperity of general purpose computing on GPU (GPGPU).

AMD’s ATI unit outlined several expectations for the consumer 3D graphics industry in 2009. Among the highlights are GPU manufacturing transition to 40nm process technology and widespread usage of GDDR5 memory standard, which will drive performance of graphics chips considerably up, something, which will allow game developers to create video games with more sophisticated effects


neowin.net - 02.10.2008

ClearSpeed sets its sights on the final frontier

Longtime Ars readers will recall that ClearSpeed Technology came out of the gate back in 2003 with a ton of hype behind it when the company announced a many-core prototype chip that could do 25.6 GFLOPS on 2W. That was a lot of floating-point performance on a single chip in the days before the GPGPU wars really kicked off.



But in spite of its stellar numbers, ClearSpeed's first major commercial design win didn't happen until 2006, when ClearSpeed coprocessors were deployed alongside AMD processors in a top-ten supercomputing installation in Japan. ClearSpeed's latest product, which does 66GFLOPS on 25W, scored the company a spot as an optional add-in in IBM System Cluster 1350, but that still doesn't get ClearSpeed out of the profitable but low-volume HPC niche.



With today's announcement of a design win in a satellite from aerospace company BAE Systems, ClearSpeed has taken a small step into the embedded space. I say "small," because ClearSpeed itself isn't making the embedded processor for the satellite. Rather, BAE Systems is actually going to license a ClearSpeed design and then fabricate the chips themselves. Because the parts are going into space, they have to fit a peculiar set of temperature and radiation constraints, so it will be up to BAE Systems to turn one of ClearSpeed's coprocessor designs into a spaceworthy chip.




winbeta.org - 04.09.2007

Windows 7: Superbar Overview

So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7 Tips and Tricks Windows 7: HomeGroup Overview Windows 7: BitLocker To Go & Biometric improvements overview Windows 7: Easy Connect Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet Explorer 8 Overview Over the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net.

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neowin.net - 15.01.2009

Windows 7: HomeGroup Overview

So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7: BitLocker To Go & Biometric improvements overview Windows 7: Easy Connect Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet Explorer 8 Overview Over the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of HomeGroup in Windows 7.

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neowin.net - 13.01.2009

Windows 7 Beta 1 Vs Windows Vista Vs Windows XP

After Windows 7 beta 1 leaked, many bloggers caught hold of it very soon and started testing/using Windows 7. We saw Ed Bott from ZDnet reporting about the changes in the Windows 7 beta 1 license agreement. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDnet has benchmarked Windows 7 with its successors Windows Vista and Windows XP. The Windows 7 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 was considered for testing. Since its 32bit, it was tested against 32bit versions of Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.

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neowin.net - 03.01.2009

Windows 7: Vista Upgrade & Anytime Upgrade overview

So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7: HomeGroup Overview Windows 7: BitLocker To Go & Biometric improvements overview Windows 7: Easy Connect Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet Explorer 8 Overview Over the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of Windows Vista to Windows 7 Beta upgrade.

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neowin.net - 13.01.2009

Windows 7: Easy Connect overview

So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet Explorer 8 Overview Over the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of Easy Connect in Windows 7.

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neowin.net - 11.01.2009

Windows Live Strategy Inches Forward, Slowly

Microsoft is continuing to flesh out its Windows Live strategy, on Wednesday releasing beta versions of Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Live Folders. The additions will join Windows Live Mail Desktop, Windows Live Writer, and a number of other applications as part of the Windows Live Suite...
betanews.com - 28.06.2007