| NVIDIA nTeresting News - August 12, 2011 |
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NVIDIA nTeresting News - August 12, 2011In this Issue:
Siggraph, That's a Wrap
Project Maximus "What we're saying is for applications that are light on graphics / don't place a heavy demand on graphics, but more so a heavy demand on computational tasks, users will have an option to choose an entry- or mid-level Quadro card for graphics functions, such as the Quadro 600 or Quadro 2000. For certain applications, better performance is achieved by adding a Tesla companion processor, as opposed to scaling up the primary Quadro graphics. Users still require as much graphics as possible." GPU computing has gone mainstream. Leading-edge customers are always looking to produce breakthroughs in their industries by achieving more and better results in a shorter period of time, and this has led many of them to push the boundaries of GPU computing in a workstation. Project Maximus makes it easier for mainstream markets to take full advantage of multi-GPU computing.
Project Monterey "Virtual Graphics on the other hand is NVIDIA's technology preview that aims to bring quality graphics to numerous devices so long as they have a solid internet connection. Much like onlive is able to stream games to low end computers, NVIDIA's virtual graphics technology seems to be pushing professional level graphics to mobile devices by using graphics card clusters based in the cloud to deliver much more graphical prowess than the mobile SoC (System on a Chip) graphics processors can provide alone." Project Monterey is a high performance, remote graphics solution designed by NVIDIA to provide a high performance remote graphics experience. While not a product in and of itself, it is being made available to existing remote solution providers to deliver the best visual, high-end graphics experience to engineers and artists, wherever they are. Adobe and Autodesk are already on board.
Other Siggraph Bits and Bytes "A dozen uncompressed 1080p video feeds, simultaneously running off a single workstation. Yep, you're looking at it. NVIDIA's showcase piece here at SIGGRAPH was undoubtedly this wall -- a monster that trumps even Intel's CES wall in terms of underlying horsepower" https://www.engadget.com/2011/08/09/nvidia-fusion-io-and-hp-drive-a-dozen-1080p-streams-on-four-dis/ NVIDIA Quadro boards were used to power an 82-inch Touch screen display by Perspective Pixel. "I've had the chance to use multi-touch displays before, but never on a massive 82" projected capacitive (pro-cap) LCD display like the one shown in the video below! This looks really cool and it appears that some of the things that Tom Cruise was doing back in 2002 in Minority Report are finally coming true! " Adobe showed how compositing and motion graphics such as extruded text and shapes can be achieved quickly and easily thanks to the power of NVIDIA GPUs. A new CUDA plug-in for Maya delivers fluid simulation using smoothed particle hydrodynamics to a Maya scene and allows for true interactivity at higher particle counts than ever experienced before. To help SIGGRAPH attendees get up to speed on the latest tools of the trade NVIDIA gave a ton of tech talks, theater presentations and a panel discussion. If you couldn't make it to Siggraph, you could have caught it all by live streaming. https://apps.facebook.com/nv-siggraph/?sf1969277=1 It was a busy week in Quadroland.
New Galaxy Discovered "With the dual-core goodness and GeForce GPU, users of the Galaxy R should enjoy faster Web browsing, better multitasking, and smoother game performance." Samsung's Galaxy smartphones are among the world's most popular handheld devices. This phone should go great with the ultra-sexy Galaxy 10.1 Tab. "It's slimmer and lighter than the iPad 2, and it's the best Android tablet yet."
More Than Meets The Eye "The inclusion of a keyboard of course also transforms the OS experience, turning this from a high performance tablet into a fully functional notebook, ideal for office use on the go. Standard tablets cannot compete with how quickly we can compose documents or emails on the Transformer." The Asus Transformer tablet is a slim, lightweight Android tablet that doubles as a capable laptop thanks to a matching keyboard dock.
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