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Nvidia CEO touts visual computing (Digi Times)
Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO and president of Nvidia kicked off Nvidia's Nvision 08 event by touting the performance of the GPU – and the company's CUDA technology, which allows programmers and developers to tap into the parallel processing ability of the company's GPUs when writing software – compared to a CPU for use in visual computing.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:27:01 GMT

Mythbusters duo launches new GeForce, codenamed Mona Lisa (TG Daily)
Even though Nvidia’s Nvision tradeshow did not achieve its goal of 10,000 visitors, more than a thousand gathered at the Center for Performing Arts to witness the ending of the event. The duo behind the popular Mythbusters showed the results of six months of work, demonstrating the difference between a CPU and a GPU, following the conventional wisdom of parallel computing.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:30:35 GMT

Who provides what in the cloud (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)
The news that AT&T has joined the rapidly growing ranks of cloud computing providers reinforces the argument that the latest IT outsourcing model is well on its way to becoming a classic disruptive technology.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT

TECH CHRONICLES / A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle's technology blog (sfgate.com/blogs/tech) (San Francisco Chronicle)
Visions at Nvision 08 Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO and co-founder of graphics chip maker Nvidia, kicked off the inaugural Nvision 08 conference Monday in San Jose with a keynote speech that was light on news but heavy with possibilities for visual computing. Artists,...

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:14:39 GMT

Themes & Topics at SYS-CON's 14th International SOA World Conference & Expo (SYS-CON Media)
From Composable Services and Facelifting SOA to Real-Time SOA Systems and SOA For Parallel Computing, this is a round-up of the many themes and topic of interest to architects, developers and managers featuring at the 14th International SOA World Conference & Expo being held November 19-21, 2008 at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California. read more

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:30:08 GMT