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Published on: June 13, 2012
Type of content: EZINE
Format: Unknown
Length: 16 pages
Price: FREE

Overview:

The use of graphics processing unit (GPU) chips brings in immense potential to HPC environments, when it comes to non-graphical applications. Work on this front over the past couple of years has finally produced several GPU product lines like the general purpose GPU (GPGPU) that are dedicated to HPC requirements. Banking on the popularity of GPUs, HPC service providers have also started offering GPUs on demand for organizations. In this feature, we take a look at how the GPU-HPC marriage has matured over time.