PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwire - November 17, 2009) - SC09 -- NVIDIA Corporation (
NASDAQ:
NVDA)
today received an unprecedented five awards in the annual HPCwire Readers'
and Editors' Choice Awards, which were presented at the SC09 conference,
held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland.
NVIDIA was recognized with the following honors:
- Best HPC software product or technology
Editors' Choice: NVIDIA® CUDA™ architecture
- Top 5 new products or technologies to watch
Readers' Choice: NVIDIA "Fermi" GPU
- Top 5 new products or technologies to watch
Editors' Choice: NVIDIA Fermi GPU
- Top 5 vendors to watch
Editors' Choice: NVIDIA
- People to Watch in 2010
Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive officer, NVIDIA
"We're honored to receive a record five awards for our products and
technologies in the HPC space, especially a Readers' Choice as this comes
directly from the community," said Andy Keane, general manager, Tesla
business at NVIDIA. "Products based on our Fermi architecture are going to
transform a wide range of HPC fields and we're excited to see that the
community agrees."
"This award, which represents a partnership between the HPCwire global
readership and our publishing team, is a salute from the global HPC
community," said Tomas Tabor, Publisher of HPCwire. "Receiving an award
means that you are at the top of mind of HPCwire readers, editors, and
luminaries in the field. I'd like to congratulate NVIDIA for being
selected by our readers and our editors for these 2009 awards."
The HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards are determined through a
survey conducted by HPCwire, online polling of the global HPCwire audience,
along with a rigorous selection process involving HPCwire editors and
industry luminaries.
The full list of winners for the 2009 awards can be found at the
HPCwire website.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA (
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NVDA) awakened the world to the power of computer graphics
when it invented the graphics processing unit (GPU) in 1999. Since then,
it has consistently set new standards in visual computing with
breathtaking, interactive graphics available on devices ranging from
portable media players to notebooks to workstations. NVIDIA's expertise in
programmable GPUs has led to breakthroughs in parallel processing which
make supercomputing inexpensive and widely accessible. Fortune magazine has
ranked NVIDIA #1 in innovation in the semiconductor industry for two years
in a row. For more information, see
www.nvidia.com.
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statements as to: the benefits, features, impact, performance and
capabilities of Fermi architecture are forward-looking statements that are
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or faster technology; design, manufacturing or software defects; the impact
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