Attention US developers;
Nvidia are giving away 50 Jetson TK1 Developer Kits.
A 192-core mobile supercomputer that boots Ubuntu right out of the box.
Join the challenge.
192-core is a bit misleading. While technically true, CUDA cores are very different than the cores most people tend to think of (Intel, AMD, etc.). I believe this are a quad core ARM A15 chip with an extra "low power" core or something like that to save power when the system isn't doing anything too demanding.
"192-core supercomputer" means GPU with one of whatever Nvidia calls compute units.
Also, Nvidia and Linux? Ew.
@wiemweriner
Not really misleading to devs that are working on K1-equipped devices. Or those who have an understanding of the CUDA Toolkit and OpenCV4T.
The Jetson TK1 is actually pretty sweet for an embedded device with a $200 pricetag. I would have pre-ordered if Nvidia shipped to Australia. Guess I'll have to wait. Shits on the Kayla prototype from last year anyway.
@ Pyrophosphate
You don't like Nvidia eh?
I've used Nvidia with linux for many years without issue but then I remember when Nvidia was the only GPU manufacturer taken seriously with use in linux. Yeah, I'm in my thirties, lol.
"Nvidia has been one of the worst trouble spot we've had with hardware manufacturers. And that is really sad because Nvidia tries to sell chips, a lot of chips, into the Android market, and NVIDIA HAS BEEN THE SINGLE WORST COMPANY WE'VE EVER DEALT WITH. So, NVIDIA, FUCK YOU" - Linus Torvalds, Aalto talk (this quote is at the 50 minute mark in the youtube video).
If the guy who created and maintains the linux kernel doesn't know what he's talking about, I don't know who is.
I could give specific instances when Nvidia has demonstrated a total disregard for the linux community, but I think in this case Linus said it better than I could ever say it.
@Ksajal
There's no denying Torvalds is a passionate man. Just look at some of his public rants.
I try not to involve myself in hardware/OSS debates. I use Nvidia, Intel and AMD GPU's and couldn't really give a shit who manufacturers them as long as they work as intended so I can get my work done.
You do realize that any piece of harware without an OS to use it is just useless junk? You cannot separate hardware from the software which drives it.
I don't agree with everything Linus says, but I used that quote as an argument because he is right in this matter, regardless of how passionate or impassionate he is.
You should give a shit about who produces your hardware, especially if they have a history of outright lying to their customers (NVIDIA), of sabotaging their competitors by paying money to have their Catalyst drivers removed from official repositories (NVIDIA), of making drivers that don't work when a new kernel version comes out (NVIDIA), of extremely overpricing their products (NVIDIA), of taking from the open source community and not giving anything in return (NVIDIA).
By buying their products you endorse this kind of behaviour.
EDIT: awesome link, thanks!
You don't like Nvidia eh?
I'm not a fan of their overactive PR and marketing departments, their lack of any concern at all about free software, or their pricing system. Also, they do some shady stuff that hurts the GPU industry as a whole for their own benefit.
Fair enough.
As a developer I use whatever my customers require, which includes Quadro in mobile workstations for simulation/VM etc. I'm also running Ubuntu right now, Shock, Horror - yup, I also use whatever software my customer needs.
I guess over the years I have become fairly unbiased to most things IT related, because I use whatever I need to get my work done.
Nvidia does have a good history of open source contribution and are in the top 10 contributers world wide. We won't get into "why" Nvidia doesn't want their drivers open. Although, It may have something to do with market segmentation. Or in layman's terms - Wow, I can get 2K GPU performance from my $400 GPU just because of a few key flags - Who'd of thought.
Might be difficult to change a business model like that atm lol.