SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Programmable
logic technology from Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) is now in
place inside a new, advanced server cluster at the Texas Advanced
Computing Center (TACC) at The University Texas at Austin, which seeks to help researchers and
academia to run complex algorithmic-based research. Microsoft
Research shared more about the server cluster going becoming
available for research use at TACC, in a blog post
today: http://bit.ly/1M81HTQ. Altera field programmable gate
arrays (FPGAs) are used as accelerators on the Microsoft Project
Catapult board, and turn commodity servers into high-performance,
power-efficient machines.
Researchers are now invited to use TACC resources to run their
software programs and algorithms, associated with, but not limited
to, deep learning, convolutional neural networks (CNN), facial and
object recognition, online search, and even genomic research. TACC
also offers free use of boards to students, professors and the
community in its ongoing effort to provide access to world-class
high performance computing systems.
"TACC's 14-year history is impressive, and we are pleased Altera
technology will be the latest asset in the center's compute
arsenal," said Erhaan Shaikh,
vice president, Infrastructure Division, Altera Business Units. "By
making these high-performance servers with our FPGAs inside
available to researchers, we anticipate that much progress will be
made the fields of science, math, medicine and all areas requiring
these powerful computations."
About the Texas Advanced Computing Center
The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) designs and operates
some of the world's most powerful computing resources. The center's
mission is to enable discoveries that advance science and society
through the application of advanced computing technologies. To
learn more about TACC, visit www.tacc.utexas.edu.
About Altera Computer and Storage Solutions
Altera® FPGAs can be used to accelerate the performance of
large-scale data systems. Altera FPGAs enable higher speed data
processing by providing customized high-bandwidth, low-latency
connections to network and storage systems. In addition, Altera
FPGAs provide compression, data filtering, and algorithmic
acceleration.
About Altera
Altera® programmable solutions enable designers of electronic
systems to rapidly and cost effectively innovate, differentiate and
win in their markets. Altera offers FPGA, SoC, CPLD, and
complementary technologies, such as power solutions to
provide high-value solutions to customers worldwide.
www.altera.com.
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