As part of its CUDA Challenge, NVIDIA is looking for Europe’s most talented C programmers. To participate, they must develop either a standalone application or a plug-in using CUDA, NVIDIA’s C compiler for GPU programming.
Whether the applications address multimedia, such as photo editing, video or music; security, including firewalls and antivirus software; or management, such as file compression, there are no limits to creativity. Entries will be judged on originality, usefulness, difficulty and optimal exploitation of GPU computing power.
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- First prize: an HP xw8600 workstation worth EUR 7,730, with dual 3.33 GHz Xeon 5260 processors, Quadro FX 3700, Tesla C870 and a 30-inch HP flat-panel display
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- Second prize: an NVIDIA Tesla D870 deskside system worth EUR 2,750
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- Third through sixth prizes: an NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 graphics card worth approximately EUR 1,000
The programming competition runs until 18 July 2008. Further information is available on the website.
The CUDA Toolkit and Developer SDK are available as free downloads.
Further Links:
- CUDA Challenge
CUDA SDK
