Previews of Microsoft Hololens show very positive comments and a wildly expensive pricing model with Forbes.com reports Microsoft Hololens will cost significantly more than $400. For that money, preview partners like cnet report, "[t]he experience still leaves me giddy, and ready to toss an as yet undisclosed sum of money into Microsoft's coffers", backed by ubergizo who wrote, … [Read more...]
GCC 5.1 Now Available – Includes Preliminary OpenACC and OpenMP 4.0
The GNU project has released GCC 5.1, which is a major update including a preliminary version of OpenACC and OpenMP 4.0 capability. The source code can be downloaded and built from the mirror sites or the SVN server. Don't expect much in terms of OpenACC performance as the execution model currently only allows for one gang, one worker, and a number of vectors. OpenMP 4 looks … [Read more...]
OpenPower and CUDA-Accelerated Java as a Path Into the Enterprise
TechEnablement spoke with NVIDIA's John Ashley about the role of CUDA-accelerated Java in the enterprise and the approaches people are taking to accelerate Java with GPUs. Mixing CUDA and Java is an atypical approach because Java's intent is to abstract the software away from the hardware so it can run anywhere. In contrast, CUDA is specifically designed to provide hardware … [Read more...]
Win $50k in Deep-learning Diabetic Retinopathy Detection Competition
Kaggle.com is listing a deep-learning competition sponsored by the California Healthcare Foundation to achieve the best accuracy identifying diabetic retinopathy (DR) from retinal images provided by EyePACS, a free platform for retinopathy screening. The goal of this competition is to push an automated detection system to the limit of what is possible – ideally resulting in … [Read more...]
Rumor – US Bans Intel Xeon Phi Sales in China
In the unsubstantiated rumor but worth knowing if true category, VRworld reported that the US government has banned Intel Xeon Phi sales in China. Intel Xeon Phi is the current basis of the 33 PF/s Tianhe-2 supercomputer. … [Read more...]
Intel RealSense – First Impressions, Market View, and Path to Market
TechEnablement recently spoke with David Wiltz, product manager of Intel Software and Services Group, about the early release RealSense 3D camera and SDK that we tested. Intel is currently providing early access to the RealSense developer kit that contains a 3D camera and associated SDK for software development. Devices with integrated Intel® RealSense™ 3D Cameras are shipping … [Read more...]
GTC 2015 GPU Computing Videos and Slides Now Available Online
NVIDIA has released the pdf slides and session video recordings from GTC 2015 at http://www.gputechconf.com/attend/sessions. The sessions covered a diverse range of topics: Astronomy & Astrophysics Augmented & Virtual Reality Automotive Big Data Analytics Computational Physics Computer Vision Cloud Computing & HPC Developer – … [Read more...]
MSI Laptops for Live Event Production And Virtual Reality Development
TechEnablement spoke with Clifford Chun and Mark Lee from MSI about the 4k display refresh of the WS60 MSI thin-and-light mobile workstation with the latest WS60 2OJ 4K edition. In particular, Chun (the North America Region Product Manager for Notebooks and Tablets) noted that "many people are using these products for virtual reality." The 4k display is a boon for customers … [Read more...]
X1 Support Added to the Tegra Android Development Pack
The Tegra Android Development Pack 4.0R1 has been released with support for the NVIDIA SHIELD Powered by Tegra X1. It supports theTegra® X1 NVIDIA® SHIELD™ running Google Android TV operating system. Download here if you are a registered developer. This release includes: • Latest Android SDK (24.0.2) and NDK (r10d) for both 32 and 64 bit devices • NVIDIA Android … [Read more...]
Pixar’s Non-Commercial RenderMan is now available
Pixar’s Non-Commercial RenderMan is now available and can be freely used for any non-commercial purpose including personal projects, research, evaluation, development, and student use without any functional limitations, watermarks, or time restrictions. Visit the RenderMan website to find all the information needed to download, install, and begin working with … [Read more...]