On 12/22/2011 09:57 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 09:43:55AM -0500, Prentice Bisbal wrote: > >> Or if your German is rusty: >> >> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/computers/amd-radeon-hd-7970-graphics-card-launched-benchmarked-fastest-single-gpu-board-available/7204 > Wonder what kind of response will be forthcoming from nVidia, > given developments like > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/14/arm_gpu_nvidia_supercomputer/ > > It does seem that x86 is dead, despite good Bulldozer performance > in Interlagos > > http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/AMDs-Serverprozessoren-mit-Bulldozer-Architektur-legen-los-1378230.html > > (engage dekrautizer of your choice). >
At SC11, it was clear that everyone was looking for ways around the power wall. I saw 5 or 6 different booths touting the use of FPGAs for improved performance/efficiency. I don't remember there being a single FPGA booth in the past. Whether the accelerator is GPU, FPGA, GRAPE, Intem MIC, or something else, I think it's clear that the future of HPC architecture is going to change radically in the next couple years, unless some major breakthrough occurs for commodity processors. I think DE Shaw Research's Anton computer, which uses FPGAs and custom processors, is an excellent example of what the future of HPC might look like. -- Prentice _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
