Nvidia Launches Next GPU Computing Architecture

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2353608,00.asp

Nvidia launched its second-generation GPU computing architecture on Wednesday, code-named “Fermi”. Oak Ridge National Laboratory will design a supercomputer based on the Fermi, an executive said. 

The “Fermi” announcement kicked off Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference, which will run the remainder of this week in Silicon Valley.

Fermi will serve as next generation of CUDA, a programming architecture [...]

PGI CUDA Fortran Compiler Beta Released

http://www.ddj.com/hpc-high-performance-computing/220300282

NVIDIA has released a public beta of the PGI CUDA-enabled Fortran compiler. Developed in collaboration with The Portland Group , it is the first Fortran compiler compatible with NVIDIA CUDA-enabled graphics processing units (GPUs). For more information on CUDA, see the article series CUDA, Supercomputing for the Masses.

 

GPU computing with the CUDA C-compiler has gained [...]

CUDA for .NET and Java

CUDA.NET, jCUDA

http://www.hoopoe-cloud.com/Solutions/CUDA.NET/Default.aspx

http://www.hoopoe-cloud.com/Solutions/jCUDA/Default.aspx

Thrust: GPU lib patterned after STL

Interesting work. Keep it here as a reference:

http://code.google.com/p/thrust/

Thrust is a CUDA library of parallel algorithms with an interface resembling the C++ Standard Template Library (STL). Thrust provides a flexible high-level interface for GPU programming that greatly enhances developer productivity. Develop high-performance applications rapidly with Thrust!

OpenCurrent, an open source library of CUDA-accelerated PDE solvers over regular grids

This is a great news for CUDA and CFD. See the below news:

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http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=107374

After a long summer of hacking, I’m happy to announce the release of OpenCurrent, an open source library of CUDA-accelerated PDE solvers over regular grids. It includes a second order accurate solver for buoyancy-driven incompressible flows, as well as building blocks from which [...]

CUDA enabled computer configuration

http://www.elnexus.com/products.aspx?line_id=15466&ad=google&gclid=CIS83Jy-lJ0CFRESawod8Qvp_Q&showpnl=spec

Seems to be a better choice than Dell.

NVIDIA Collaborates with Microsoft on High Performance GPU Computing

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nvidia-collaborates-with-microsoft-on-high-performance-gpu-computing-62321757.html

Users Harness the Power of NVIDIA Tesla GPUs for Enterprise Computing on Windows HPC Server 2008

“The coupling of GPUs and CPUs illustrates the enormous power and opportunity of multicore co-processing,” said Dan Reed, corporate vice president of Extreme Computing at Microsoft. “NVIDIA’s work with Microsoft and the Windows HPC Server platform, is helping enable scientists [...]

GPU tech conference

I wish I can attend it but I don’t have time:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/gpu_technology_conference.html

Live webcast for keynote speeches:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/gpu_technology_conference.html#livewebcast

Rapid Prototyping Category

From Redeye On Demand:

 

Do you want to make a great first impression but are unsure which technology to choose? Read about the advantages and disadvantages of the most popular technologies below. For detailed information on cost, material properties, turn time and accuracy; see the comparison chart at the bottom.

1. Virtual Prototyping
Virtual prototyping is a simulation [...]

GPU computing for bond pricing

http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/advancedtrading/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220200055

Bloomberg Uses GPUs to Speed Up Bond Pricing

Two-factor model for calculating hard-to-price asset-backed securities now runs on graphics processing units paired with Linux servers.
By Penny Crosman