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Nvidia launches Fermi-based Quadro graphics cards (plus Quadro 5000 benchmark)

Posted by Greg Corke - July 27, 2010

Nvidia’s new Quadro 5000 features 2.5GB GDDR5 memory It’s been a long time coming, but today at Siggraph 2010 Nvidia…

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SPEC/GWPG seeks applications and workloads for proposed workstation performance benchmark

Posted by Greg Corke - January 4, 2012

The Catia viewset used in SPECviewperf 11, could play a role in SPEC’s forthcoming workstation benchmark The Standard Performance Evaluation…

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Intel introduces the Xeon Phi: a CPU co-processor primed to accelerate CAE solvers

Posted by Greg Corke - June 19, 2012

It may look like a GPU compute card, but the Intel Xeon Phi actually contains over 500 CPU cores, heralding…

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MSC Software expands GPU-accelerated simulation tools

Posted by Greg Corke - July 26, 2012

MSC Software Marc 2012 can now be accelerated by Nvidia Tesla GPUs, offering a performance increase ranging from two to…

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SIGGRAPH 2012 #2: AMD FirePro W Series graphics

Posted by Greg Corke - August 7, 2012

AMD FirePro W7000 graphics card – designed for high-end CAD SIGGRAPH wouldn’t be SIGGRAPH without some major new professional graphics…

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SIGGRAPH 2012 #5: Nvidia unveils Maximus on Kepler

Posted by Greg Corke - August 7, 2012

The new Nvidia Quadro K5000 features 4GB of ECC memory and four display outputs (2 x DisplayPort + 2 x…

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Last call for papers for NAFEMS World Congress 2013

Posted by Greg Corke - October 31, 2012

When it comes to simulation, arguably no body commands greater respect within the engineering analysis community than NAFEMS. Next June…

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Upgrade for Eplan electrical engineering software

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 4, 2012

Eplan has launched its new 2.2 version of the Eplan CAE tools designed for electrical engineers adding functional extensions and…

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Simulation

Simulation workshop #2 Impacts

Posted by Laurence Marks - June 27, 2013

Laurence Marks looks at the modelling of an impact scenario

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AMD FirePro W9100 professional GPU: first look review

Posted by Greg Corke - April 7, 2014

With its brand new 16GB ultra high-end FirePro W9100 GPU AMD shows it is just as serious about compute as…

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