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NVIDIA GPUs empowers s/w developers

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MUMBAI: Nvdia, a provider in computer graphics solution, today announced its GPUs would empower software developers to bring GPU accelerated applications to the masses with Windows 7 DirectCompute.

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Windows 7 gives developers this freedom through Microsoft’s new DirectCompute application programming interface (API), which is being introduced as part of the Microsoft DirectX11 API, said a press release.

“DirectCompute takes GPU computing from a niche to the mainstream by making this potentially life-changing technology available to the millions of users of the Windows 7 operating system,” said Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group.

He added that using the GPU and the CPU as co-processors has already yielded amazing results in fields such as medical, geological and scientific research and would have a transforming effect on consumer applications as well.

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“Nvidia has demonstrated its commitment to GPU computing with the announcement of the Fermi architecture,” said Mike Ybarra, general manager of Windows Product Management at Microsoft.

He added that Windows 7 and DirectCompute would make it even easier for developers to create innovative applications that take advantage of the GPU’s massively parallel processing power.

Nvidia has worked closely with Microsoft on the development, testing and validation of Microsoft DirectCompute.

DirectCompute would be distributed as part of the DirectX 11 API and is supported by Nvidia's current lineup of DirectX 10 GPUs and upcoming DirectX 11 GPUs based on Nvidia recently announced Nvidia Fermi Architecture, the release added.

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