NVIDIA called in the big guns to help promote its Tesla graphics processing units (GPUs), announcing new efforts this week with Microsoft to explore applications for high performance parallel computing using Windows HPC Server 2008. In that vein, NVIDIA Research developed several GPU-enabled applications on the Windows HPC Server 2008 platform, including a ray tracing application that can be tapped to do advanced photo-realistic modeling of automobiles. NVIDIA also collaborated with Microsoft’s research arm to install a large Tesla GPU computing cluster with the intention of studying new applications optimized for the GPU. NVIDIA’s Tesla GPUs support Windows XP and Windows Vista on the workstation, and Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 in the data center. A number of large workstation OEMs, including Cray, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo offer personal workstation platforms built on the Tesla C1060 and S1070 GPUs. Andy Keane, general manager of NVIDIA’s Tesla business, maintains that scientific and engineering communities leveraging the GPU platform are achieving performance boosts of between 20 to 200 times, depending on their application.
Safety networks have become more complex, and have actually become simpler and easier to deploy for plant operators. This slideshow highlights developments in plant safety with an emphasis on integrated safety networks.
As the MEMS industry spans a myriad of industries and markets, the future of MEMS in consumer electronics will enable a myriad of functionality, applications, and personalization.
The Nest is a sleek-looking digital thermostat which can actually "learn" its owners' schedule and then continue to regulate temperature to suit the user's preferences and patterns.
Thanks to embedded electronics, medical devices are getting smaller and smarter than ever. Pacemakers and implantable defibrillators are now able to call physicians. MRIs, CT scanners, and ultrasound machines are gaining mobility. And the venerable Band-Aid may soon be able to detect illnesses ranging from fevers to heart arrhythmias. On February 21, join Design News senior editor Charles Murray for a wide-ranging discussion, "Embedded Angles for Medical Products," which will explore the latest developments in medical electronics. The discussion will examine advances in medical device technology and offer an inside look at the embedded electronics behind it.
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