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Behind the Scenes at GTC 2012
BY Will Park
On May 16, 2012 in Corporate
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We thought you might be interested in getting a peek at how a keynote address is powered at GTC. Back stage in the keynote hall, it’s a world of screens and wires, the digital guts of modern presentations. And technicians dressed in black, often with headsets, who are under staggering pressure once the curtain goes....
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LEGO Locks In On CUDA To Build A Better Business
By Tony Kontzer
On May 16, 2012 in Corporate.
No CommentsA few short years ago, the LEGO Group—makers of the iconic locking building-block toys so many parents have stepped on in the middle of the night—was plagued by uncontrolled technology sprawl. Various business units within LEGO were purchasing redundant licenses for the same technologies, with each team using the technologies for different purposes. Many business….
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Live: NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang Kicks Off GTC
By Bob Sherbin
On May 15, 2012 in Corporate.
5 CommentsIt’s Day One of the GPU Technology Conference (GTC), and that means we’re getting ready for NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang to hit the keynote stage with some big GPU news. For those of you unable to attend GTC 2012 in person, we’ve arranged a snazzy livestream of Jen-Hsun’s kickoff keynote presentation. You can watch the….
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GTC Poster Session Shows Breadth of GPU Research
By Tony Kontzer
On May 14, 2012 in Corporate.
1 CommentThe GPU computing poster board brigade has arrived at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, home of NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC). GPUs are typically associated with gaming PCs, mobile phones and video game consoles. But GPU technology has come a long way, and its impact is becoming much more widespread. For proof, you need….
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GPU Tech Conference Off to a Fast Start in San Jose
By Tony Kontzer
On May 14, 2012 in Corporate.
2 CommentsNVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference is back, bigger and better than ever. Many of the several thousand GTC 2012 attendees began pouring in to the San Jose McEnery Convention Center early Monday morning to take advantage of a full day of pre-conference sessions, and start networking and sharing ideas with their peers. Over the days ahead,….
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Meet GeForce GTX 690: The Ultimate Graphics Card
By Will Park
On Apr 30, 2012 in Corporate.
22 CommentsAll hail the new king of high-end graphics cards. The GeForce GTX 690 graphics card hit the scene this weekend, toting dual GPUs based on NVIDIA’s Kepler architecture. If you missed the news, head over to the GeForce.com page detailing the technical and aesthetic chops of the GTX 690 here. Jen-Hsun Huang shows off the….
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The Impact of Process Technology on Kepler’s Efficiency
By Joe Greco
On Apr 25, 2012 in Corporate.
6 CommentsKepler’s impressive efficiency has been considered a major achievement by press and PC gamers, but a key part of the story has never been told. As the leader of the engineering team that worked with TSMC for three years to manufacture Kepler, I’d like to shed some light on the impact of 28nm process technology….
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UCSD Hospital Tests GPU-Accelerated Cancer Treatment
By Ken Brown
On Apr 19, 2012 in Corporate, Workstation.
8 CommentsResearchers at the University of California in San Diego are using GPUs as part of an effort to save the lives of people diagnosed with cancer, the second-leading cause of death in the U.S. We visited Moore’s Cancer Center at UCSD last month to find out what the research team is doing. Here’s a short….
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Kizuna Update: 1st Round of Grants Awarded to Restart Japanese Businesses
By Randy Martin
On Apr 18, 2012 in Corporate.
1 CommentIf you had never visited Japan’s tsunami-ravaged coast until this week, the bleak landscape where homes and businesses once stood would be sobering. Having watched the relief effort and the recovery, my visits back to the Tohoku region have been increasingly reassuring. In fact, my recent visit with colleagues from PlaNet Finance Japan and Yukari….
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NVIDIA Enhances Art Experience for Visually Impaired Students
By Liz Austin
On Apr 12, 2012 in Corporate.
No CommentsNVIDIA is using its passion for visual computing to help a dedicated group of volunteers and teachers in Korea enhance the artistic experience for the visually impaired. Launched in partnership with the Korean Art Association for the Blind (KAAB) in 2010, the NVIDIA Touch Visual program trains college art majors as volunteers to work with….