[techreport] U.S. DoE to build fastest computer with Nvidia GPU's

[tviceman]

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/21809

Oak Ridge plans to deploy up to 18,000 Tesla GPUs based on the next-generation architecture code-named "Kepler."

Plus 960 Fermi-based GPU's coming sooner than later. That is a whole lot of GPU's! I thought CharLIE said Oak Ridge canned Nvidia. Or is this somehow unrelated?

 

[Red Storm]

I thought Kepler was a mobile GPU meant for smartphones and tablets?

 

[Keysplayr]

I thought Kepler was a mobile GPU meant for smartphones and tablets?

Nope. That would be the Tegra series. Or you might be thinking of "Kal-El", which would be Tegra 3 due
out sometime in the future.
Kepler is next gen discrete GPU line.

 

[Seero]

Nope. That would be the Tegra series. Or you might be thinking of "Kal-El", which would be Tegra 3 due
out sometime in the future.
Kepler is next gen discrete GPU line.

Keyz, need info on Kepler, give please.

 

[yours truly]

hmm maybe with all the budget cuts, the US government have decided to fight all wars via BF3 instead.

 

[Obsoleet]

hmm maybe with all the budget cuts, the US government have decided to fight all wars via BF3 instead.

Wish they would. I don't play wargames that pit man vs man (especially when it's Chinese vs American or something along those lines), but I think you're onto something.

 

[Genx87]

There was a different project Oak Ridge was supposed to use with Fermi based GPU's. It was canned but not entirely sure why. Some claim it was power related which seemed weird to me. Try building a Xeon or Operton based solution that can crunch the same numbers and see the power envelope sky rocket.

 

[tviceman]

Keyz, need info on Kepler, give please.

Hopefully they'll be faster, smaller, and cooler. =D Seriously though, whoever brings the fastest GPU to market at the ~$350 price range gets my money, and then after that I'm done upgrading until after the next die shrink.

 

[SirPauly]

That was a pretty impressive win for not only nVidia but for GPU processing.