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It’s been revealed this morning that the Titan Supercomputer is not just one impressive beast in and of itself, it’s now officially the fastest on the planet. According to the TOP500 list update released this morning at the SC12 Supercomputing Conference, NIVIDA Tesla K20 GPU-accelerated Titan has indeed become the fastest supercomputer on Earth, and has out-done the rest of the supercomputers by a massive amount. Titan works with a massive 18,688 NVIDIA Tesla K20X GPU accelerators and has topped the previous record holder here near the end of 2012, that being the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Sequoia system.

The performance record that this beast now holds is a 17.59 petaflop mark as measured by the benchmark system known as Linpack – a system that measures all manner of devices all the way down to smartphones (with GPUs packed inside as well.) The Titan makes this massive stride into the future with the Tesla K20X accelerator, the “flagship of NVIDIA’s accelerated computing line.” NVIDIA notes that this new solution provides “the highest computing performance ever available in a single processor.”

NVIDIA’s claims are backed with two more benchmark results: 3.95 teraflops singleprecision and 1.31 teraflops double-precision peak floating point performance – beastly. Those come from a setup as follows: CPU results: Dual socket E5-2687w, 3.10 GHz, GPU results: Dual socket E5-2687w + 2 Tesla K20X GPUs. NVIDIA also notes that the family of processors being used here also includes the K20 (without the X) which has busted out 3.52 teraflops of single precision and 1.17 teraflops of double-precision peak performance.

The Tesla K20X and K20 GPU accelerators have brought on more than 30 petaflops of performance over the past 30 days – that’s big. It’s so big, in fact, that it’s equivalent to the computational performance of the top 10 fastest supercomputers from 2011 combined.

In addition to being the fastest, the Tesla K20X GPU accelerator has been revealed to be three times more energy efficient than previous generation GPU accelerators – so says NVIDIA. The Titan has achieved 2,142.77 megaflops of performance per watt, this surpassing the previous most energy-efficient supercomputer on the planet as well – this according to the official Green500 list.

Have a peek at the timeline below to get more information on Titan as well as the K20 family of GPUs from NVIDIA – it’s big time computing action for all!

NVIDIA-powered Titan becomes world’s fastest Supercomputer is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Just as it predicted, NVIDIA’s earnings show revenue rose again in Q3, to a new record high of $1.20 billion, 15.3 percent higher than in Q2 up 12.9 percent from the same period last year. Its profits also grew accordingly, to $209.1 million, which should be no surprise thanks to its Tegra 3 chip’s place at the heart of tablets including Google’s Nexus 7 and Microsoft’s Surface for Windows RT, with more arriving daily. The Consumer Products division that includes the Tegra family and other hardware had a 27.6 percent rise in revenue for the quarter. Despite predictions of a slumping PC market, its consumer GPU unit had revenue up 10 percent from last quarter as Kepler based products reached into lower price points and notebook revenue rose. Riding high, the company has decided to issue dividends to shareholders as well as extend its current stock repurchasing program. Hit the source links for the full breakdown, but so far NVIDIA’s bets on the future of its chips in PCs and post-PC devices seem to be paying off.

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NVIDIA’s revenue hits a record $1.20 billion for Q3 powered by Tegra 3 tablets, Kepler GPUs originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The PlayPad and the PlayPad Pro controllers from Nyko have just reported for Android gaming duties, each carrying a $39.99 sticker. There’s no sign of the multicolored options we saw back in June, but the PlayPad does come in black or white and is bundled with a carry case and a folding stand for phones and tablets, while its larger and apparently more ergonomic sibling is offered only in black and is a GameStop exclusive. The wireless duo latch on to Android (3.0 or greater) devices using Bluetooth and are optimized for those with a Tegra processor, such as the Nexus 7 and the HTC One X+. There’s an app — called Playground — which lets either controller work with legacy titles that don’t specifically support its Bluetooth instructions, along with a mouse mode, PC and Mac support, and even the option to play on iOS devices loaded with iCade games. Sure, these controllers may not have faux-recoil or venomous branding, but perhaps they don’t need to — especially since they’re cheaper than some of the competition.

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Nyko’s TegraZone PlayPad game controllers now available: two different styles for $39.99 each originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s time to have a peek at the next big smash gaming experience developed for the Tegra 3 quad-core environment on Android: Zombie Driver THD! This game brings on what the developers at Exor Studios make clear is “massive amounts of zombie carnage and unprecedented destruction effects.” And that it is, folks, we’ve had our own peek at this game and can readily assure you – there’s no better way to spend your late night candy-filled sugar coma this Halloween (tonight or whenever you just so happen to want do down a bunch of Snickers bars) than to slay some zombies in a destruction derby-style massacre.

Inside the game you’ll be rolling out in one of three different modes – the first is a storyline: that’s what you see above. Inside storyline mode you’ll quickly understand that you’re mission is almost always to take out the enemies, those being the undead! It’s the style with which you destroy that gets you up in the ranks! Once you’re ready to let the blood shower over you, you’ll be saving survivors left and right as you take on zombie packs and bosses like a death-dealing monarch.

You’ll drive anything from a bulldozer to a fire truck to a tank. This game brings on 7 arenas for you to dish out the insides, and in the second mode – a race sort of situation – your choices for massacre machine matter more than ever. You’ve got to balance the destruction you’re able to deal out with your ability to maneuver: it’s not just about the death of the dead, it’s about cold, hard speed as well!

The third mode is all about survival – wave after wave of puss-oozing bone-chompers making your mission to survive: with great rewards awaiting you! Each level will have you addicted to upgrading your machine and your score – more destruction each time you destroy!

Each weapon has three upgrade levels, you’ve got combo moves to make everything just a bit more interesting, and of course there’s a way to upgrade your Taxi into a Chariot of Death – their words, really! In all there’s 13 different vehicles to choose from and you’ll most certainly be having flashbacks to Twisted Metal before you murder your first 100 bodies of undead filth.

“Thanks to Tegra 3′s fantastic GPU performance we were able to use the same quality textures in Zombie Driver THD as on the PC. The outstanding quad-core CPU performance makes it possible to support Tegra game development in parallel to other high-end platforms!” — Pawel Lekki, Chief Operating Officer, EXOR Studios

The graphics in this game are made lovely by PhysX by NVIDIA and you know good and well that the physics, top to bottom, are above the line. This game will cost you just about 7 bucks on the Google Play app store through the NVIDIA TegraZone and it’s available right this very minute. It’s perfect to get some candy-less aggression out too, if that’s your aim – blast away!

Zombie Driver hits TegraZone and hands-on with buckets of blood is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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This might not be the $199 Tegra 3 tablet that NVIDIA’s keen to see, but hey, a 999 yuan ($160) quad-core phone is just as impressive. Unveiled in China earlier today, this ZTE U950 smartphone packs a 1.3GHz Tegra 3 chip, 1GB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage and a 2,000mAh battery beneath the 4.3-inch display. There’s also a five-megapixel camera plus a VGA front-facing camera inside the 9mm-thick body. Pretty standard stuff for an Android 4.0 phone, except for the price-per-performance ratio, of course. The first 100,000 customers who register now will be eligible to order on November 11th, though chances are the quota’s all gone by now.

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ZTE’s U950 shows how Tegra 3 phone is done under $160 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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