Re: GPU-based Compute Cloud

Good article in HPCWire this week on when and when not to use
accelerators:
http://www.hpcwire.com/features/In-Socket_Accelerators__When_to_Use_Them.html

One illustrative quote:
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For 2008, the industry buzzwords are "hardware acceleration." CPU
vendors are integrating custom integrated IP into their chips. AMD and
Intel are creating an ecosystem for third party accelerators, named
Torenzza and QuickAssist. GPU vendors are setting their sights on
general purpose functionality. Meanwhile, a host of other chip
companies, too many to mention, are developing new products that
target this high performance computing (HPC) market.

A little known fact in the HPC community is that the embedded
computing market has always solved their problems with a combination
of CPUs and accelerators. Due to different space, weight, power, and
environmental requirements for high performance embedded computing
(HPEC), a large portion of those accelerators are implemented with
field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) from companies like Altera,
Xilinx, and others.

As these two markets collide,....
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Greg Pfister

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