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How would one use it?
How would one use it?
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What is this graphics cards actually designed for?
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There're some replies on the Slashdot post about this that explain what it's for. Can't remember what though.
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It says what its for, Field Programmable Gate Arrays. 
Me neither.
Me neither.
GPUs have pretty much taken over that role. The GT200 will be capable of over 1Teraflop of FPU performance, which you can access through nvidia's CUDA API. Here at Uni of Nottingham, our multi-million pound "supercomputer" with 1024CPUs is capable of only 2.2Tflops.
I'm sure this card is for something more specific, though whatever it is it's beyond anything I've met before.
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Notts Uni buy a lot of stuff from Viglen, are your nodes Viglen HPC's by any chance?
While I don't rate their use of Abit motherboards, they do manage to stick an mATX motherboard into an incredibly small chassis (not big enough for an ATX PSU):
We use smaller PSU's for most units bar the bigger towers. The genie ultra small is even smaller yet uses the mATX board. not sure about the ABIT motherboard unless abit it was a special order as most boards we use are Intel reference baords, MSI or Asus.While I don't rate their use of Abit motherboards, they do manage to stick an mATX motherboard into an incredibly small chassis (not big enough for an ATX PSU):
Thats a Prescott 3.0Ghz in an Abit SG-80, with 512MB DDR400. (I removed the floppy and optical drives that were above the motherboard as I was troubleshooting)
The HPC we have now was bought from "Streamline Computing Ltd". That said, they have been a nightmare, bouncing us about when it comes to support, resulting in less than 70% uptime for the machine
.Annoyingly, it looks like they're going with streamline again for the new HPC they're planning. Old boys network for the lose.
i work for viglen tech support and i get a very small amout of calls for HPC's. We mainly use supermicro/boston stuff and it works well.The HPC we have now was bought from "Streamline Computing Ltd". That said, they have been a nightmare, bouncing us about when it comes to support, resulting in less than 70% uptime for the machine
Annoyingly, it looks like they're going with streamline again for the new HPC they're planning. Old boys network for the lose.
I'm not involved in the purchasing committee, or any kind of support (just another end-user
) but as I understand it the problem is a lack of clarity about who is responsible for various parts of maintainence and support. Every time it goes down there is argument between streamline, Sun microsystems, and the uni as to who is responsible. So, what should be a 24hour downtime period extends into weeks or months Seems like a sad state of affairs, especially since the Uni got rid of the full-time position they used to have maintaining the HPC and other computer hardware.
It's an open-source graphics card. The BIOS, specs, documentation, drivers, design etc is open to the public. It's currently bare because the creators haven't got a properly working BIOS yet. It will support most of OpenGL 2.0
Some of my best years was spent at Nottingham Uni....
Have they tightened up security in the computer department yet? When I was there they lost about 20 computers when somebody came in, picked up a wheelie trolley, loaded it up and wheeled them out without anybody asking him what he was doing!
Have they tightened up security in the computer department yet? When I was there they lost about 20 computers when somebody came in, picked up a wheelie trolley, loaded it up and wheeled them out without anybody asking him what he was doing!
Some of my best years was spent at Nottingham Uni....
Have they tightened up security in the computer department yet? When I was there they lost about 20 computers when somebody came in, picked up a wheelie trolley, loaded it up and wheeled them out without anybody asking him what he was doing!
I don't know, I don't think I've ever been in the computer department (I just access the various clusters through my desktop machine and putty).
It wouldn't surprise me if they hadn't though. The engineering lab that we walk through to get to our office ('L4') was left completely unsecure for 4 months. The lock on the main door had rotted out of the wooden door, and kept literally falling off. Even a 5yr old child would have enough strength to force the door open. We reported it to security, who didn't seem to care in the slightest, despite the fact that there is several million-worth of equipment in that lab. "If it's still got a lock, it's not our problem". Um... even if the lock falls out every time you open the door?!
i dont think anyone wants to steal themSome of my best years was spent at Nottingham Uni....
Have they tightened up security in the computer department yet? When I was there they lost about 20 computers when somebody came in, picked up a wheelie trolley, loaded it up and wheeled them out without anybody asking him what he was doing!
