NVIDIA's $10K Tesla GPU-Based Personal Supercomputer

gupg writes "NVIDIA announced a new category of supercomputers — the Tesla Personal Supercomputer — a 4 TeraFLOPS desktop for under $10,000. This desktop machine has 4 of the Tesla C1060 computing processors. These GPUs have no graphics out and are used only for computing. Each Tesla GPU has 240 cores and delivers about 1 TeraFLOPS single precision and about 80 GigaFLOPS double-precision floating point performance. The CPU + GPU is programmed using C with added keywords using a parallel programming model called CUDA. The CUDA C compiler/development toolchain is free to download. There are tons of applications ported to CUDA including Mathematica, LabView, ANSYS Mechanical, and tons of scientific codes from molecular dynamics, quantum chemistry, and electromagnetics; they're listed on CUDA Zone."

Comments

Graphics

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, that's some serious computing power! I wonder if anyone has thought of using these for graphics or rendering? I imagine they could make some killer games, especially with advanced technology like Direct 3D.

Re:Graphics

[GigaplexNZ]

I wonder if anyone has thought of using these for graphics or rendering?

These are effectively just NVIDIA GT280 chips with the ports removed. Their heritage is gaming.

I imagine they could make some killer games

If you can find some way to get the video out to a monitor... but then you effectively just have Quad SLI GT280.

especially with advanced technology like Direct 3D

Uh... what? Direct 3D has been commonly used for years, you make it sound like some new and exotic technology. It is also effectively Windows only, whereas this hardware is more likely to use something like Linux.

Re:Graphics

[Gnavpot]

"I wonder if anyone has thought of using these for graphics or rendering?"

These are effectively just NVIDIA GT280 chips with the ports removed. Their heritage is gaming.

We need a "+1 Whoosh" moderation option.

No, I do not mean "-1 Whoosh". I want to see those embarrassingly stupid postings. But perhaps this moderation option should subtract karma.

Re:Graphics

[GigaplexNZ]

I suppose I'm one of those guys now. Hook, line and sinker.

Re:But..

[itsybitsy]

Not yet.... darn NVidia, no Vista Drivers yet...

Come on NVidia GET WITH IT!!!

What, no coil?

[dgun]

What a rip.

Re:What, no coil?

[geekmux]

What a rip.

Yeah, no shit. First bastard that tries to put a "Tesla Capable" sticker on the front, I'm gonna sue.

Let me be the first to say...

[rdnetto]

4 Terraflops should be more than enough for anybody...

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Yes but

[Colin Smith]

And then there is the whole "ECONOMY" thing.

The whole reason the ECONOMY is in the tank is because there are not enough people like you taking loans out against their house to buy random stuff like this.

Basically... IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!

 

And in other news...

[bsDaemon]

... AMD has annouced today it new Edison Personal Supercomputer technology.

The game is on.

Re:FTFL

[Anonymous Coward]

Now why haven't they developed anything on it which has use for the common Jack like me. There were practically NO examples of it's applications in watching porn!

Re:It also runs Python

[BOFHelsinki]

Ah, Parseltongue. So you are of the Slytherin school of programmers?

Re:It also runs Python

[OriginalArlen]

This is how God intended us to program.

Then why did he write Perl?

Re:FLOPS not FLOP!

[TeknoHog]

What's the plural of FLOPS then? My preciouss FLOPSes?

4 Terraflops?

[yfkar]

As opposed to astroflops?

Re:FTFL

[SmokeyTheBalrog]

Once CUDA has deep consumer penetration the 3D CGI furry anime loli porn will come! In droves if not herds.

Oh crap, I forgot to click Post AC.