New Gene Sequencer to Break $1,000 Cost Barrier With NVIDIA Tesla GPU Acceleration

NVIDIA® Tesla® GPU accelerators are enabling Life Technologies Corporation’s new Ion Proton™ System to accelerate primary genome-sequence analysis — the computation that generates DNA base pairs — by over 16 times. This will dramatically reduce the cost to sequence an entire human genome from about $1 billion a decade ago to $1,000 in the near future.

NVIDIA Powers Amazing Windows 8 Experiences

NVIDIA’s deep expertise in visual and mobile computing, and its extensive collaboration with Microsoft Corp., mean that consumers will enjoy premium experiences running on NVIDIA®-powered systems for Windows 8 and Windows RT.

AMD to Host News Conference

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Rory Read, and Senior Vice President and General Manager Global Business Units Lisa Su will host a news conference to provide updates and more detail on the company’s

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New AMD Tablet APU Lands in Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q572

AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced that its AMD Z-60 accelerated processing unit (APU) powers the new Fujitsu STYLISTIC® Q572 10.1” tablet, providing quality and performance to professionals on the move. The combination of processor and system design provides users with portability, Windows® comp…

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AMD Announces Preliminary Third Quarter Results

AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced that revenue for the third quarter ended September 29, 2012 is expected to decrease approximately 10 percent sequentially.  The company previously forecasted third quarter 2012 revenue to decrease 1 percent, plus or minus 3 percent, s…

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AMD-based HP Servers Shatter Performance Record by 40 Percent

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that a cluster of HP ProLiant BL465c Gen8 servers utilizing AMD Opteron™ 6200 Series processors has achieved the highest VMmark® 2.1 score ever posted, representing a 40 percent increase over the next best score. VMmark is VMware’s popular multi-server benchmarking tool that measu…

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