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NVIDIA CUDA: Week in Review - Issue 41

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NVIDIA CUDA & GPU computing news from around the world

CUDA SPOTLIGHT:

At the Intersection of Art and Technology: Visual computing artist Philipp Drieger of Eichstatt, Germany, used CUDA to build a "Two Million Pixel Experiment" exploring a computational approach to art. In the experiment, an original video created by Philipp was mapped into 3D using GPUs and CUDA.

CUDA NEWS:

Countdown to SC10: On Nov. 17 at SC10 in New Orleans, NVIDIA chief scientist Bill Dally will deliver a plenary speech titled "GPU Computing: To ExaScale and Beyond."

World's Fastest DX 11 GPU: NVIDIA announced a new CUDA-enabled GPU for consumers - GeForce GTX 580, the fastest and quietest GPU in its class. For games that feature tessellation - the key feature of DX 11 - the 512-core GeForce GTX 580 is up to 160 percent faster than the closest competitive product.

#1 Molecular Graphics Paper: The top most-downloaded paper this week in the Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modeling is "GPU-Accelerated Molecular Modeling Coming of Age" by John Stone, David Hardy, Ivan Ufimtsev and Klaus Schulten. Research highlights:

  • - GPUs have become powerful accelerators for molecular modeling applications
  • - GPUs provide better price-performance than traditional computing techniques
  • - GPU clusters consume less space, power and cooling than traditional clusters

Finite Element Code for GPUs: IMPETUS Afea of Norway announced Afea Solver, a non-linear explicit finite element tool. The new GPU-accelerated code can predict deformations of structures exposed to extreme loading conditions. Finite element analysis is widely used in the aeronautical, biomechanical and automotive industries.

GPU-Accelerated Pricing Software: SciComp has enhanced its derivatives pricing software. "The mathematical problems of pricing derivatives are tailor-made for GPU computing," said Curt Randall of SciComp. "GPUs costs are a small percentage of the cost of a grid solution and offer radical reductions in both footprint and power consumption."

Read CUDA: Week in Review at: https://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_week_in_review_newsletter.html

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