• AMD FireStream 9170

    AMD FireStream 9170

    Techtree Test Labs, Nov 10, 2007 1155 hrs IST

    Here's the world's first Stream GPU with double-precision floating point technology.

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Stream computing harnesses the processing power of graphic processors for high-performance data-intensive computing in a wide range of scientific, business and consumer applications This provides organizations the ability to process massive amounts of information in significantly less time. The AMD FireStream 9170 is the world's first Stream GPU with double-precision floating point technology tailored for scientific and engineering calculations. It features up to 500 GFLOPS of computer power, rivalling many of today's supercomputers, and providing dramatic acceleration for critical algorithms. This second generation Stream Processor is built with 55 nm process technology and consumes less than 150 watts of power. In addition, the reduced heat dissipation allows it to function in dense design configurations. The FireStream 9170 is a single card solution with 2 GB of onboard GDDR3 memory to compute large datasets without CPU traffic. The asynchronous Direct Memory Access (DMA) ensures that data can flow freely without interrupting the stream processor or CPU. Although previous designs of the card which were leaked on the Internet looked different, this is what the card is supposedly expected to look like:

It's priced at an MRP of USD1999.

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N.Pradhan
,Bangalore, on Dec 04, 2007 08:56 AM
Where can get this Card and it its drivers for linux
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Anonymous
,jo, on Nov 11, 2007 08:54 AM
awesome! this thing will revloutionalize the way games are played, and will also prove to a boon in animation and simulation devoloping, and graphic editing
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Manish
,Bangalore, on Nov 12, 2007 10:31 AM
Well it won't revolutionize the way games are played because this is meant for graphic designers and sceintists
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dookie
,Bangalore, on Nov 12, 2007 10:28 AM
It's good. Might set AMD on the road to recovery if they price this thing well. They really need a shot in the arm to gain market share.
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graphicFreak
,pune, on Nov 12, 2007 08:01 AM
i need this byatch.. lol
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moahmmed younus
,hyderbad, on Nov 11, 2007 05:27 PM
IT WON'T BE FOR THE GAMEPLAY it will be for the animation experts and graphics designers .... those who have companoes of their own and need that amount of computing 500 gigaflops ... is no joke ..... 2000$ is around 80000 we won't be able to see that chip in the market also ....
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Wilbur
,Mumbai, on Nov 10, 2007 08:43 PM
thats expensive lol
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