CUDA: Week In Review

Welcome to CUDA: Week In Review, news for the worldwide CUDA, GPGPU and parallel programming community.

CUDA Pro Tip: nvprof is a powerful, light-weight profiler that can profile anything on the CUDA platform, including OpenACC and CUDA Python. Read about it on Parallel Forall.

CUDA SPOTLIGHT

CUDA-Accelerated Cancer Detection This week’s Spotlight focuses on Diego Rivera, a senior software engineer at Hologic. Hologic is a leading developer of diagnostic products and medical imaging systems, with an emphasis on serving the healthcare needs of women.Read the Spotlight.

CUDA NEWS

Tesla K20X = High Performance + Energy Efficiency The Tesla K20X accelerator offers the best of both worlds – high performance and low power usage, now at a great new price. Learn more from your OEM or Tesla Preferred Partner. Try a Tesla K20X for free through the GPU Test Drive program. New Accelerator Benchmarks Read what developers are saying about accelerator performance and programmability. Headed to Denver for SC13? NVIDIA is hosting a variety of activities at SC13, including the popular GPU Theater, a brand-new Developer Zone and a must-see interactive demo of real-time data analytics. Tell Us Your CUDA Story At SC13, NVIDIA will highlight CUDA stories from around the world. If you are a CUDA developer, tell us how you are using CUDA. Your submission will be considered for display. Please respond here. GTC 2014 Call for Posters Now Open GTC 14 Call for Posters is open through Jan. 31. For instructions, visit Call for Posters. Nsight Visual Studio Update NVIDIA Nsight Visual Studio Edition 3.2 is now available with Windows 8.1 support and improved DirectCompute profiling. GPU Computing at Penn Students in Patrick Cozzi’s graduate CIS 565 course - GPU Programming and Architecture - are learning about GPUs, massively parallel algorithms, real-time rendering, and more. Each student completes several projects during the course, in areas such as cloth simulation, n-body simulation, path tracing and rasterization pipelines. Learn more about computer graphics at Penn. Upcoming Webinars Nov. 13: Solutions for Energy Exploration, Data Processing, Bright Computing, R-Associates, NVIDIA Nov. 20: Improve Performance Using the CUDA Memory Model, Chris Mason, Acceleware Nov. 21: How to Speed Up Financial Risk Management, Cost Efficiently, Thomas Moser, Misys Dec. 3: CUDA Tools for Optimal Performance and Productivity, Dan Cyca, Acceleware Dec. 12: GPU-Accelerated Geospatial Line-of-Sight Calculations, F. Suykens, B. Adams, Luciad Upcoming Meetups Nov. 7: Paris Nov. 20: Colorado (Co-located with SC13) Dec. 2: Silicon Valley Dec. 11: Boston