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NVIDIA To Push Into Supercomputing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the my-mom-thinks-i'm-super dept.

RedEaredSlider writes "NVIDIA outlined a plan to become 'the computing company,' moving well beyond its traditional focus on graphics and into high-profile areas such as supercomputing. NVIDIA is making heavy investments in several fields. Its Tegra product will be featured in several mobile devices, including a number of tablets that have either hit the market already or are planned for release this year. Its GeForce lineup is gaming-focused while Quadro is all about computer-aided design workstations. The Tesla product line is at the center of NVIDIA's supercomputing push."

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  1. more nukes :/ by magarity · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I just hope enough nuclear power plants come online before their first supercomputer customer turns on a new rig. The latest GPUs already use more power than the hungriest Intel or AMD x86 ever did.

    1. Re:more nukes :/ by MightyYar · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The latest GPUs already use more power than the hungriest Intel or AMD x86 ever did.

      And when used for the types tasks designed, pump out 10x the performance for maybe twice or three times the power.

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  2. Re:Fuck you moderators by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I can NOT fucking believe there was not already a troll account called moderators long, long, LONG before UID 2M.

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  3. Re:Yet another reason to begrudge nVidia by 0racle · · Score: 4, Insightful

    nVidia shuns linux users? They may 'shun' those that can not have any non-GPL code, but they do make a higher performing and far more feature rich driver for their cards for Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris and keep it (for the most part) up to date. If you don't like it, there are alternatives.

    Gotta love the rabid GPL fans. The GPL doesn't mean freedom for everyone to do things the way you think they should be done.

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