Re: GPU-based Compute Cloud

Don't underestimate the power of specialization in driving compute
clouds for specific compute tasks.

It is not just GPUs, Kickfire (www.kickfire.com) have released a
so-called SQL chip (DPU or SQLPU)?

I see some reasons for software vendors looking at hardware, one is, if
your software is becoming a commodity you need to move up or down the
stack. So why not use FPGAs from Altera or Xilinx to test run burning
your software into hardware.

The other reason is the recent super computing record using the IBM cell
chip which is used in current game consoles. Essentially people are
rediscovering the power of parallelization and also specialization that
game console makers have known for ages. The current PC and Server CPUs
are made to be good at many tasks, the future may involve increased
specialization of hardware for specific tasks.

If you were are Database as a service provider and had a stack of
kickfire applicances, suddenly given the performance gains of running
part of the database in hardware means you can host more databases per
machine per cubic feet (or cubic metre) having a real impact your bottom
line.

Have Fun

Paul

http://blog.dbadojo.com
http://blog.vmdatamine.com

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