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  • PowerEdge C410x — Whiteboard topology

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    In the last of my GPGPU/PowerEdge C410x trilogy I offer up a whiteboard session with the system’s architect, Joe Sekel. Some of the topics Joe walks through: How does having remote GPGPUs connected via cable back to a server compare in performance to having the GPGPUs embedded in the server? The topology of the PCI express  x16…

  • Say hello to my little friend — packing up to 16 GPGPUs

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    Barton George
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    While the name GPGPU, which stands for General-purpose computing on graphics processing units, doesn’t flow lyrically off the tongue, it’s an extremely powerful concept. What’s the big idea? The idea behind this sexy five letter acronym is to take a graphical process unit (GPU) and expand its use beyond graphics.  Through the “simple” addition of programmable…