NVIDIA Fermi next generation CUDA GPU architecture unveiled
NVIDIA today introduced its next generation CUDA GPU architecture, codenamed “Fermi”. The newest architecture by the graphics leader is the "foundation for the world’s first computational graphics processing units (GPUs), delivering breakthroughs in both graphics and GPU computing." So what does Fermi deliver? Well, according to NVIDIA, it is a feature set that accelerates performance on a wider array of computational applications than ever before.
With over three billion transistors and featuring up to 512 CUDA cores, Fermi delivers supercomputing features and performance at 1/10th the cost and 1/20th the power of traditional CPU-only servers.
Fermi makes GPU and CPU co-processing pervasive by addressing the full-spectrum of computing applications. Designed for C++ and available with a Visual Studio development environment, it makes parallel programming easier and accelerates performance on a wider array of applications than ever before – including dramatic performance acceleration in ray tracing, physics, finite element analysis, high-precision scientific computing, sparse linear algebra, sorting, and search algorithms.
Fermi features several major innovations:
• 512 CUDA cores
• NVIDIA Parallel DataCache technology
• NVIDIA GigaThread engine
• ECC support
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