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AMD's Latest Server Compute GPU Packs In 32GB of Memory

Posted by timothy on from the absurdly-cheap-by-some-metrics dept.

Deathspawner writes: Following-up on the release of 12GB and 16GB FirePro compute cards last fall, AMD has just announced a brand-new top-end: the 32GB FirePro S9170. Targeted at DGEMM computation, the S9170 sets a new record for GPU memory on a single card, and does so without a dual-GPU design. Architecturally, the S9170 is similar to the S9150, but is clocked a bit faster, and is set to cost about the same as well, at between $3,000~$4,000. While AMD's recent desktop Radeon launch might have left a bit to be desired, the company has proven with its S9170 that it's still able to push boundaries.

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  1. DGEMM-Double precision GEneral Matrix Multiplicatn by Wargames · · Score: 3, Informative
    DGEMM:

    D = Double precision (as opposed to S = Single precision, C - Complex single precision, or Z - Complex Double precision)

    GE = GEneral, as opposed to HErmetian for example.

    M = Matrix

    M = Multiplication

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  2. Re:So what happened to the comments lately? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    The quality went down some time ago. All the dumb conspiracy nuts, and the women-hating cave-men, made this a place that smarter people make fun of, rather than participating in.

  3. Re:DGEMM without ECC? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Like every other Hawaii based professional card, it does.