I gotta say, amazon has surprised me in their monotonically increasingly
impressive set of services. Now GPU instances.
I scoffed at their being just a "box in the sky" approach, but with their
slowly improving console for managing all the parts they offer, I could easily
see them becoming the IT dept of many companies.
Does anyone on the list use them? If so, how?
-- Owen
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Amazon Web Services <[email protected]>
> Date: November 15, 2010 1:49:42 AM MST
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Announcing Cluster GPU Instances for Amazon EC2
>
> Dear Amazon EC2 Customer,
>
> We are excited to announce the immediate availability of Cluster GPU
> Instances for Amazon EC2, a new instance type designed to deliver the power
> of GPU processing in the cloud. GPUs are increasingly being used to
> accelerate the performance of many general purpose computing problems.
> However, for many organizations, GPU processing has been out of reach due to
> the unique infrastructural challenges and high cost of the technology.
> Amazon Cluster GPU Instances remove this barrier by providing developers and
> businesses immediate access to the highly tuned compute performance of GPUs
> with no upfront investment or long-term commitment.
>
> Amazon Cluster GPU Instances provide 22 GB of memory, 33.5 EC2 Compute Units,
> and utilize the Amazon EC2 Cluster network, which provides high throughput
> and low latency for High Performance Computing (HPC) and data intensive
> applications. Each GPU instance features two NVIDIA Tesla® M2050 GPUs,
> delivering peak performance of more than one trillion double-precision FLOPS.
> Many workloads can be greatly accelerated by taking advantage of the
> parallel processing power of hundreds of cores in the new GPU instances.
> Many industries including oil and gas exploration, graphics rendering and
> engineering design are using GPU processors to improve the performance of
> their critical applications.
>
> Amazon Cluster GPU Instances extend the options for running HPC workloads in
> the AWS cloud. Cluster Compute Instances, launched earlier this year,
> provide the ability to create clusters of instances connected by a low
> latency, high throughput network. Cluster GPU Instances give customers with
> HPC workloads an additional option to further customize their high
> performance clusters in the cloud. For those customers who have applications
> that can benefit from the parallel computing power of GPUs, Amazon Cluster
> GPU Instances can often lead to even further efficiency gains over what can
> be achieved with traditional processors. By leveraging both instance types,
> HPC customers can tailor their compute cluster to best meet the performance
> needs of their workloads. For more information on HPC capabilities provided
> by Amazon EC2, visit http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/hpc-applications.
>
> Learn more about the new Cluster GPU instances for Amazon EC2 at
> http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ and their use in running HPC applications at
> http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/hpc-applications/.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> The Amazon EC2 Team
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