IBM’s new high-performance servers are iDataPlex equipped with Nvidia GPUs, the Tesla-20 Series. Intended use of the machines is High Performance Computing.

• iDataPlex dx360 M3
• Manufacturer: IBM / Nvidia

Especially for use in machines with high CPU load graphics specialist Nvidia has its GPUs (Graphic Processing Unit) built the Tesla series.IBM’s new iDataPlex dx360 server M3 is working with the Tesla GPU M2050.

The target group is, for example, companies that operate in the financial sector, but also scientists, such as in energy research.

iDataPlex servers for standard rack
The server works with Intel’s Xeon processor 5600 (either four or six cores), can accommodate up to 128 GB of memory (DDR-3 1333 MHz) and fits into a standard Enterprise Rack. The technical data is available on the IBM product page (see links).

Nvidia Tesla pushes the technology in the area of high-performance computing. The California manufacturer had introduced the GPU technology in 1999. Customers can now write their own applications and to seek a special Developer Toolkit (CUDA) from Nvidia’s web site. For the toolkit have been raised so far Nvidia already registered more than 200,000 downloads.
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Although still not been commercialized a U.S. retailer has put up for sale for $ 8,000 new AMD Opteron processor with twelve native processing cores for servers and workstations.
Oakville Mehlville integrator Computers anticipates the launch of the first buses of 12 cores in the industry by selling a model of “Magny Cours” often working from 2.2 GHz. The price – $ 8,000.
It also sells a server with four sockets G34 to include up to four next-generation Opteron processors that will total 48 cores of processing, along with chipset AMD SR5690 + SP5100, quad channel DDR3 memory for a total of 64 Gbytes installed.

From the house, the new Asus GeForce ENGTX260 GL + / HTDI/896MD3 card was presented, which is based on the GT-200 GPU from Nvidia and home to the technical specifications of the new card include 216 processing cores, a 448-bit interface, 3 — way SLI support, a dual-slot Glaciator cooler and two 6-pin PCIe power connectors and two ports DDI. In addition, there is the normal clock speeds of Nvidia GTX260 out of the house and they are at 576MHz GPU, 1998MHz big at 896MB GDDR3 graphics memory and 1242MHz for the shaders. With us, the new card is already listed from a price of 140 € up on various online shops.

Now, the new chipset SiRFstar IV presented, which not only better performance but also promises a lower power consumption and this will soon not only in GPS systems are used, but also in laptops and smartphones.

In addition, the new version promises to improve the position specification and search capabilities such as the double of its predecessor. The new chipset can SiRFstar IV also with MEM and accelerometer sensors are linked and in October, the mass production of the new chipset and will shortly thereafter, this also in the first devices to use.