CUDA: WEEK IN REVIEW

CUDA SPOTLIGHT

Shape Sensing with CUDA This week’s Spotlight is on Patrick Roye of Luna, Inc., a pioneer in fiber-optics for minimally invasive diagnostics and surgery. Patrick and a team of engineers are developing a prototype system that uses CUDA to calculate the shape of a fiber-optic sensor in real-time. Read our interview with Patrick Roye.

CUDA NEWS

NVIDIA Joins OpenPOWER Consortium IBM launched the OpenPOWER Consortium, an open development alliance. NVIDIA, Google, Mellanox and Tyan are founding members. IBM and NVIDIA will collaborate to integrate the CUDA and POWER ecosystems. IBM’s Steve Mills commented: "The founding members represent the next generation in data-center innovation." NVIDIA + The Portland Group NVIDIA acquired The Portland Group (PGI), a leading supplier of compilers and tools. Read more inHPCwire and on the NVIDIA blog. Russia to Fund International Scientific Collaborations The Government of the Russian Federation has extended an open grant competition for international scientific collaborations related to high-performance and GPU-accelerated computing. For info, contact Anton Dzhoraev, NVIDIA Russia. Do Science at Home with Your GPU Read our new post about ways to use your GPUs for the greater good. As blogger David Murphy explains: "Your GPU is good for more than blasting through Battlefield 3 and exploring the virtual world of Skyrim." Facebook for GPU Computing Fans Robotics expert Martin Peniak of Plymouth University started a new Facebook page about GPU computing. He will be posting current news, papers, photos and videos here. CUDA 5.5 Available to All The CUDA 5.5 Production Release is now available. GTC 2014 Call for Submissions Call for Submissions for the GPU Technology Conference (March 24-27, 2014) is now open. Upcoming Webinars Aug. 14: Beyond Real-time Video Surveillance Analytics with GPUs, Sadiye Guler, intuVision Aug. 15: CUDA 5.5 Production Release: Features Overview, Ujval Kapasi, NVIDIA Sept. 5: Data Discovery through High-Data-Density Visual Analysis, Jan-Kees Bruenen, SynerScope Sept. 10: Virtualizing Tough 3D Workloads with VMware and NVIDIA, Mike Coleman, VMware Sept. 12: Guided Performance Analysis with NVIDIA Visual Profiler, David Goodwin, NVIDIA