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August 13, 2008
New educational section launches on CUDA Zone
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 13 -- NVIDIA Corp. has launched "CUDA U," a new section on CUDA Zone (www.nvidia.com/cuda) that provides students, instructors, and developers educational resources for its CUDA programming environment. Now there is one place to go for CUDA instructional material, syllabuses and curricula, and information on schools and programs that offer CUDA instruction. CUDA U can be found at www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_education.
NVIDIA's CUDA technology is a programming environment based on the industry-standard C language that unlocks the massively parallel computational capabilities of the GPU processor in most PCs. Over 80 million CUDA-capable Quadro, GeForce, and Tesla GPUs are already deployed and thousands of programmers are using the free CUDA software tools to accelerate applications -- from video and audio encoding to oil and gas exploration, product design, medical imaging, scientific research, and finance. A number of schools and universities offer instruction in CUDA technology and this Web site provides a one-stop shop for information and resources about and for these programs.
The CUDA U site currently includes:
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA 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 graphics products, the professional design and visualization market with its Quadro graphics products, and the high-performance computing market with its Tesla computing solutions products. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. and has offices throughout Asia, Europe, and the Americas. NVIDIA's inaugural NVISION 08 conference will be held Aug. 25-27, 2008, in San Jose, Calif. For more information, visit www.nvidia.com and www.nvision2008.com.
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Source: NVIDIA Corp.
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