[yellowdog-announce] Fixstars launches NVIDIA CUDA GPU software services: Press Release 2 April 2009

[Announce List for all Fixstars Solutions products (moderated)]

FROM CELL TO GPU, FIXSTARS EXTENDS MULTI-CORE EXPERTISE

TOKYO, JAPAN - 02 April 2009 - Fixstars Corporation, a pioneering company in 
multi-core programming solutions today announced that it has launched a GPU 
software service based on the NVIDIA® CUDA™ GPU computing architecture from 
NVIDIA Corporation. Fixstars, as a multi-core solution company, is expanding 
its current application development, optimization service, and products to 
global customers exploiting the significant advantage from parallel computing 
with NVIDIA GPUs.

"Industries such as oil and gas, finance and manufacturing rely on computation 
for the growth and success of their business and these companies are today 
turning to GPUs to get the next big jump in performance," said Andy Keane, 
General Manager, Tesla Computing Products at NVIDIA. "With the support of 
Fixstars, these companies can now augment their development teams and 
leverage Fixstars' HPC industry experience to quickly deliver powerful GPU 
enabled applications to market."

"Many companies, when considering the move to multi-core, are considering GPUs 
to enhance their system performance," said Satoshi Miki, CEO of Fixstars 
Corporation. "Through setting up a professional team of CUDA/GPU computing 
development experts, Fixstars will be able to provide GPU application 
optimization services to a wide range of customers."

Fixstars is offering NVIDIA Tesla™ products today and will hold "The CUDA 
programming seminar" for developers in late April in Tokyo.

	For more information on NVIDIA Tesla products, visit:
	www.fixstars.com/en/products/tesla/s1070
	www.fixstars.com/en/products/tesla/c1060 


About Fixstars
Fixstars is the pioneering company of the Cell Broadband Engine, high 
performance multi-core processor. Fixstars enables companies to speed up 
business by offering astonishing speed and quality software, middleware, OS 
on Cell/B.E. and hardware equipped Cell/B.E. including the GigaAccel 180 PCIe 
board with PowerXCell™ 8i, for industries such as Finance, Medical, 
Manufacturing and Digital media. Founded in 2002, Fixstars is headquartered 
in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary Fixstars Solutions in San Jose, CA and 
Loveland, CO.

For more information, visit us.fixstars.com


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