AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SC08 -- Bull, a leading
supplier of high performance computing (HPC) technologies, is partnering with
NVIDIA to provide the Tesla(TM) S1070 GPU Computing System as the accelerator
option for their HPC solutions. With this announcement, HPC customers in
Europe can now get integrated solutions and services from Bull that combine
Tesla GPU Computing solutions with Bull's range of other products for HPC.
"NVIDIA's Tesla parallel GPU technology is truly disruptive, delivering
performance increases that are transforming industries," said Fabio Gallo,
vice-president and director of HPC Solutions at Bull. "The Tesla S1070 is a
world-class solution for HPC users wanting to handle large datasets and solve
complex problems fast."
In addition, Bull has assembled a team of technical experts to work with
customers and optimize their Tesla based solutions to deliver best performance
for their given workload. This team is also able to provide training and other
services as an integral part of a full service solution.
GENCI - the French national High-Performance Computing Agency - together
with CEA - the French Atomic Energy Authority - is one of the many
organizations utilizing the massive parallel processing power of NVIDIA Tesla
in a large scale supercomputing project. Built and installed by Bull, the
NovaScale(R) supercomputer takes the available power at the scientific
computing complex in Bruyeres le Chatel (in the Ile de France region) to more
than 300 Teraflops, making it one of the most powerful hybrid supercomputers
in Europe.
The Tesla S1070 1U system is based on the NVIDIA(R) CUDA(TM) parallel
architecture. This architecture is accessible through an industry standard C
language programming environment that allows developers and researchers to tap
into the parallel architecture of the GPU more quickly and easily than any
other solution shipping today.
NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) is the world leader in visual computing technologies
and the inventor of the GPU, a high-performance processor which generates
breathtaking, interactive graphics on workstations, personal computers, game
consoles, and mobile devices. NVIDIA serves the entertainment and consumer
market with its GeForce(R) graphics products, the professional design and
visualization market with its Quadro(R) graphics products, and the
high-performance computing market with its Tesla(TM) computing solutions
products. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. and has offices
throughout Asia, Europe, and the Americas. For more information, visit
http://www.nvidia.com.
Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited to,
statements as to: the partnership between Bull and NVIDIA; the benefits,
impact, power and performance of the NVIDIA Tesla S1070 GPU; the impact of the
NVIDIA Tesla GPUs on Bull's technology; and the benefits of NVIDIA's CUDA
architecture are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than
expectations. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially include: development of more efficient or faster technology;
adoption of the CPU for parallel processing; design, manufacturing or software
defects; the impact of technological development and competition; changes in
consumer preferences and demands; customer adoption of different standards or
our competitor's products; changes in industry standards and interfaces;
unexpected loss of performance of our products or technologies when integrated
into systems as well as other factors detailed from time to time in the
reports NVIDIA files with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its
Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended July 27, 2008. Copies of reports filed
with the SEC are posted on our website and are available from NVIDIA without
charge. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future
performance and speak only as of the date hereof, and, except as required by
law, NVIDIA disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking
statements to reflect future events or circumstances.
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