AMD announces FireStream high performance stream processor

primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' BoopinDetroit, MI Icrontian
edited November 2007 in Science & Tech
AMD today announced their new 55nm FireStream 9170 "science GPU". This $2000 card will contain a GPU, 2gb of DDR3, and an accompanying SDK to develop stream code for the beast. With low power requirements, they claim that it is designed for high density, high performance computing and is capable of up to 500 GFLOPs per card.

We here at ICHQ highly doubt you'll be seeing one of these sold as a gaming card. Now, if anyone wants to shell out $2K for a dedicated folding card, let us know, and we'll offer you all the moral support that we can.

Comments

  • SPIKE09SPIKE09 Scatland
    edited November 2007
    This thread is useless without links :bigggrin:
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2007
    AMD Press Room link.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited November 2007
    This thread is useless without AMD providing us with free hardware to review!
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited November 2007
    AMD pressroom? Hmm, still worthless, until independent hardware reviewers have it in their hand.
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited November 2007
    GHoosdum wrote:
    This thread is useless without AMD providing us with free hardware to review!
    Pls see front page on Tuesday.
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited November 2007
    This thing would be nice for the next time I have to write some highly parallel finite element code for analyzing some huge system.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • QeldromaQeldroma Arid ZoneAh Member
    edited November 2007
    Actually, I think that many of the technologies used here may find its way into the mainstream. Niche and specialized markets can make a great testbed.
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