New CULA Linear Algebra Library from EM Photonics Brings GPU Computing to Millions...

New CULA Linear Algebra Library from EM Photonics Brings GPU Computing to
Millions of Developers
CUDA-Optimized Implementation of Industry Standard LAPACK Library Released

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- EM Photonics today released a
beta version of CULA, an implementation of the industry-standard LAPACK linear
algebra library designed and optimized for NVIDIA's massively parallel
CUDA(TM)-enabled graphics processing units (GPUs).

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The millions of developers that rely on LAPACK routines for solving problems
ranging from computational physics and structural mechanics to electronic
design automation can now get up to a 10X boost in performance over a single
quad-core CPU(1) by using NVIDIA(R) Tesla(TM) GPUs in their workstation or
datacenter.

"One promising evolutionary path of high-performance computing architectures
is a hybrid system consisting of multi-core CPUs and many core GPUs," said
Professor Satoshi Matsuoka, of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. "LAPACK is
key for many scientific applications, so a CUDA-optimized implementation will
significantly broaden the appeal of hybrid systems in science and engineering,
giving them a strong competitive edge over competing architectures."

"We began a partnership with NASA Ames Research Center to create
GPU-accelerated linear algebra libraries in 2007," said Eric Kelmelis, CEO of
EM Photonics. "As an offshoot of this project and through a partnership with
NVIDIA, EM Photonics is releasing CULA and allowing developers to experience
the computational performance of a supercomputer right at their desk."

EM Photonics' CULAtools is a product family comprised of CULA Basic, Premium,
and Commercial. The CULA library is a GPU-accelerated implementation of the
most popular LAPACK routines. LAPACK is a collection of commonly used
functions in linear algebra, used by millions of developers in the scientific
and engineering community. The problems they tackle can often be approximated
by linear models and can, therefore, be solved using linear algebra routines.
CULA exploits the massively parallel CUDA architecture of NVIDIA's GPUs to
accelerate many of the common LAPACK routines.

"Our customer base has been anticipating the release of a linear algebra
library similar to LAPACK. This fundamental math library brings the power of
GPU computing to a much broader developer base in the scientific computing
community," said Andy Keane, general manager of the Tesla business unit at
NVIDIA. "CULA forms yet another key branch in our rapidly increasing
ecosystem of CUDA libraries which now includes FFT, BLAS, image processing,
computer vision, ray tracing, rendering, molecular dynamics, and more."

A full production release of CULA is scheduled for NVIDIA's GPU Technology
Conference, being held from September 30th to October 2nd at the Fairmont
Hotel in San Jose, California. Anyone interested in downloading the beta
preview of CULA Basic can register at www.culatools.com.

About NVIDIA
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when it invented the graphics processing unit (GPU) in 1999. Since then, it
has consistently set new standards in visual computing with breathtaking,
interactive graphics available on devices ranging from smart phones to
notebooks to workstations. NVIDIA's expertise in programmable GPUs has led to
breakthroughs in parallel processing which make supercomputing inexpensive and
widely accessible. Fortune magazine has ranked NVIDIA #1 in innovation in the
semiconductor industry for two years in a row. For more information, see
www.nvidia.com

Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited to,
statements as to: the benefits, features, impact, performance and capabilities
of NVIDIA Tesla GPUs and CUDA architecture and their effect of LAPACK and CULA
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; 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 April 26, 2009.
Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted on NVIDIA's 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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CUDA and Tesla, are trademarks or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation
in the U.S. and other countries. Other company and product names may be
trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
Features, pricing, availability, and specifications are subject to change
without notice.

(1) Performance comparison based on a single NVIDIA Tesla C1060 card vs an
Intel Quad-Core Core i7 (Nehalem) CPU running Intel's Math Kernel Library
(MKL)

SOURCE NVIDIA

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