Nvidia Tesla Supercomputer

Nvidia has released a “supercomputer” in three small form factors: (1) a PCI card that fits inside a desktop computer, (2) a deskside box that connects to a PC, and (3) a 1U server that fits in a rack. These machines are based on GPU graphics chips and the smallest provides 128 computing cores on a single card. These are vector processors which are very good at performing the same mathematical operation on large volumes of data – such as processing photo images or radar returns, computing fluid flow, or calculating line-of-site. Unfortunately, they are not the most efficient at processing logical code like that found in simulators. However, as the cost point for these machines comes down, they may brute force their way into being a useful solution for us.

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