Three years ago, we had maybe six or less AI accelerators, today there’s over two dozen, and more are coming. One of the first commercially available AI training accelerators was the GPU, and the undisputed leader of that segment was Nvidia. Nvidia was already preeminent in machine learning (ML) and deep-learning (DL) applications and adding neural net acceleration was a … [Read more...] about New development in AI hardware and software is transforming the market
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Nvidia buys The Portland Group
Silicon is stupid without a good compiler. You all know CUDA is coming to mini Kepler, AKA Tegra, right? How did you think that was going to happen, magic dust? Nvidia has been working with the Portland group (PGI) since early 2009. They are the folks that brought C++ and FORTRAN to CUDA, they are very very smart, and match Nvidia’s work ethic: code till you drop, sleep … [Read more...] about Nvidia buys The Portland Group
Nvidia adds ARM platform support to CUDA GPU programming
ARM-based devices are growing at a 10x rate compared to x86 devices. Nvidia continues its expansion of the CUDA parallel computing environment for graphics processors with a new version that works with ARM-based computers. Primarily used for mobile devices, the ARM-based ecosystem is the fastest growing computing category and is now approximately 10 times the size of the x86 … [Read more...] about Nvidia adds ARM platform support to CUDA GPU programming
Syracuse team creates Java compiler for GPU compute
Rootbeer is an open source project that automatically parallelizes Java programming code. Syracuse University Ph.D. candidate Philip C. Pratt-Szeliga, supported by faculty advisors James W. Fawcett and Roy D. Welch, have introduced GPU-parallel programming to the Java ecosphere. The new Rootbeer compiler allows programmers who have wanted to exploit the processing power of … [Read more...] about Syracuse team creates Java compiler for GPU compute
University group deploys UK’s most powerful GPU supercomputer
The new “Emerald” system will be shared with researchers across the UK to drive discovery in astrophysics, genomics and nanotechnology. A group of leading British universities last week deployed United Kingdom’s most powerful GPU-accelerated supercomputer. The new supercomputer "Emerald" will be shared by four U.K.-based universities to drive research across a range of … [Read more...] about University group deploys UK’s most powerful GPU supercomputer