Re: GPU-based Compute Cloud

Hi All,

I was following your discussion on GPU and PS3 based computing.
The key issue is easy transferability of a code. Do you have in mind SPU and
GPU implementation of BLAS routines? How far are we in implementing BLAS on
SPU and GPU (double precision)?

Thank you,
Timur

----- Original Message -----
From: "randall" <r....@qrimp.com>
To: "Cloud Computing" <cloud-computing@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: GPU-based Compute Cloud

>
> I just read this story about Roadrunner. It's a super computer, but
> why not the same model for a cloud? It's build on almost 300 Cell
> processors and has the highest computes per watt of any super computer
> and broke the petaflop record.
>
> http://www.beyond3d.com/content/news/651
>
> What is the difference between a cloud and a super computer like this?
> Could something like this be used as a cloud?
>
> - randall
>
>
>
> On Jun 11, 11:21 pm, Alan Ho <karlu...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>> Disclaimer : rumours below
>>
>> I've heard some rumour of a startup company in stealth mode in boulder
>> doing exactly that. I'd expect that IBM may combine its cell processor
>> and upcoming Blue Cloud initiaves at some point too.
>>
>> Why stop at graphics processors ? Another rumour is that a quantum
>> computing company may offer its services through a cloud initiative too -
>> makes sense since it takes near kelvin temperatures to operate quantum
>> computer :)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Khazret Sapenov <sape...@gmail.com>
>> Sent: June 11, 2008 7:46 PM
>> To: cloud-computing@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: GPU-based Compute Cloud
>>
>> What do you think about compute cloud, powered by general purpose GPUs
>> (graphics processing units), dedicated entirely to stream processing?
>> It'll provide good(cheap?) facilities for evolutionary computation or
>> media processing (e.g. transcoding video files).
>> I've read that SUN is working in this direction (apparently due to
>> inoptimal price/performance ratio), and Apple just makes alternative to
>> CUDA, which eventually is one step further to commodity GPGPUs, suitable
>> for cloud.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Khaz Sapenov
>
> >
>

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