Notícies

Si teniu interès en reunir-vos una estona amb David Kirk o un altre científic de NVIDIA el mateix dia 16, contacteu amb Nacho Navarro (nacho@ac.upc.edu)


Title:   “NVIDIA CUDA Software and GPU Parallel Computing Architecture”

Speaker:   David Kirk, Ph.D.
                  NVIDIA Chief Scientist

Date: Wednesday 16th April 2008

Location: Sala d’actes, Facultat d’Informàtica, Campus Nord, UPC (Edifici B6)
Per poder seguir la conferència en directe,  a través de la url http://www.fib.upc.edu/sala-actes, necessiteu una identificació que podeu demanar a streaming@gso.ac.upc.edu


Duration: 15.00 - 16.45

Please confirm your attendance to Renata Giménez by email (renata.gimenez@bsc.es) before 10th April 2008.

Abstract:
In the past, graphics processors were special purpose hardwired application accelerators, suitable only for conventional rasterization-style graphics applications. Modern GPUs are now fully programmable, massively parallel floating point processors.  This talk will describe NVIDIA’s massively multithreaded computing architecture and CUDA software for GPU computing. The  architecture is a scalable, highly parallel architecture that delivers high throughput for data-intensive processing. Although not  truly general-purpose processors, GPUs can now be used for a wide variety of compute-intensive applications beyond graphics.

Biography:
David Kirk has been NVIDIA's Chief Scientist since January 1997. His contribution includes leading NVIDIA graphics technology development for today’s most popular consumer entertainment platforms. In 2006, Dr. Kirk was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for his role in bringing high-performance graphics to personal computers.  Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions that may be awarded to an engineer. Additionally, in 2002, Dr. Kirk received the SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award. From 1993 to 1996, Dr. Kirk was Chief Scientist, Head of Technology for Crystal Dynamics, a video game manufacturing company. From 1989 to 1991, Dr. Kirk was an engineer for the Apollo Systems Division of Hewlett-Packard Company. Dr. Kirk is the inventor of 50 patents and patent applications relating to graphics design and has published more than 50 articles on graphics technology. Dr. Kirk holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the California Institute of Technology.
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