AMD Plans 1,000-GPU Supercomputer For Games, Cloud

arcticstoat writes "AMD is planning to use over 1,000 Radeon HD 4870 GPUs to create a supercomputer capable of processing one petaflop, which the company says will make 'cloud' computing a reality. When it's built later this year, the Fusion Render Cloud will be available as an online powerhorse for a variety of people, from gamers to 3D animators. The company claims that it could 'deliver video games, PC applications and other graphically-intensive applications through the Internet "cloud" to virtually any type of mobile device with a web browser.' The idea is that the Fusion Render Cloud will do all the hard work, so all you need is a machine capable of playing back the results, saving battery life and the need for ever greater processing power. AMD also says that the supercomputer will 'enable remote real-time rendering of film and visual effects graphics on an unprecedented scale.' Meanwhile, game developers would be able to use the supercomputer to quickly develop games, and also 'serve up virtual world games with unlimited photo-realistic detail.' The supercomputer will be powered by OTOY software, which allows you to render 3D visuals in your browser via streaming, compressed online data."

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Re:Oh Yeah? Well.....

[novalogic]

Not with Intel GPUs you won't.

Re:Apple Computer, The Homosexual's Favorite

[painehope]

Hey, slick, I hate to break this one to you...but drugs, homosexuality, and computers have nothing that intrinsically links them together. They are variables (what I call "things" when I'm speaking in layman's terms) in a person's lifestyle (or you can view that as a set called P for person, or an object of the class Homo Sapiens).

Now, I personally enjoy the hell out of drugs, sex, and computers (preferably supercomputers, which is why I'm reading this damn article) - in which order depends on which day of the week it is (today's Friday, so it's drugs and computers; tomorrow's Saturday, so it's sex and drugs). The fact that I enjoy sex with women (preferably more than one, but I think the average /.er is happy if they can get one gal; word of advice to fellow geeks - date bisexual women...it's a lot of fun) doesn't necessarily mean I have anything against gays. To each their own.

And, for the record, I'm a dedicated ThinkPad user (despite the crappy ATI drivers that don't work worth a damn unless you're using a specific version of X) and a patriot (in the sense of Anti-Flag's song "Red, White, And Brainwashed" : "If you don't fight to make things better, then you're the one betraying the country". Though they need to get off their high horse with the word "Aryan". No one is perfect I guess...).

You, my surprisingly lucid friend, should probably check in with your doctor. Schizophrenia is hard to treat, so we'll bear with you while you do that. Check back in when you have something sane to say.

Myself? I'm off to post my original comment. I was just blown away by the sheer psychotic doggedness it took to post what you did (as I had believed that to be solely my province).