DG: PhysX, GPUs, and the future of supercomputing

14th March 2007, 03:13

Ars analyzes the mysterious PhysX PPU from Ageia and reveals that it's really a multicore architecture like IBM's Cell. In the course of the article, Ars also explains how companies like Ageia, IBM, NVIDIA, and ATI would like to use economies of scale from the gaming market to break into the supercomputer market.

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14th March 2007, 03:13	#1
Mr Robot Posts: n/a	DG: PhysX, GPUs, and the future of supercomputing Ars analyzes the mysterious PhysX PPU from Ageia and reveals that it's really a multicore architecture like IBM's Cell. In the course of the article, Ars also explains how companies like Ageia, IBM, NVIDIA, and ATI would like to use economies of scale from the gaming market to break into the supercomputer market. More...