The AMD FirePro team is at the 2012 SIMULIA Customer Conference in booth #14 running May 15 - 17, 2012. AMD FirePro graphics are certified for Abaqus technology in SIMULIA on 64-bit Windows and Linux platforms.
The photo below from the conference demonstrates OpenCL on FirePro graphics doubling performance of both routine and sophisticated engineering simulation in Abaqus/Standard and the single card, mutliple display advantage of Eyefinity.
Congratulations to Andrew Kramar, winner of the COE TOP GUN XXV competition and the grand prize of an AMD FirePro V7900 card.
TOP GUN is a competition for the “Best of the Best” CATIA engineers and designers to test their skills at developing the most accurate and correctly-structured three dimensional model, in the least amount of time.
This year the competition was to model a piece of the rotor for a helicopter, based on 3 or 4 drawings. Andrew accurately completed the task in just 21:16 minutes.
From Andrew: “For some reason I had a can of Mountain Dew just before the competition and since I don’t even drink coffee regularly, the caffeine in that thing was giving me the jitters like you wouldn’t believe. Who knows, maybe it helped because when I was all finished I starting thinking I must have missed something because everyone else was still sitting down! So I reviewed the drawing again for a second and I actually caught one radius that I had missed. After that I figured I would kill my time if I started double checking every dimension, so I decided to just go for it and “click the red box” hoping there weren’t any other mistakes. I had no idea whether or not I won or not until just yesterday. Dave from Inceptra did tell me that I had the fastest time, but they had not checked the accuracy yet. I’m pretty excited to get the shiny new graphics card. I’m looking forward to building a new system around it with a bit more capital than I would have had otherwise!
Thanks to all the sponsors: Dell, AMD, and Inceptra!”
The AMD FirePro team sent some pix from their booth at Siemens PLM World 2012. In addition to the always cool Eyefinity shots, I am also wanting one of those FirePro mugs!
North American Eagle was at the COE 2012 Annual PLM Conference and TechniFair last week and met up with Antoine Reymond from the AMD FirePro team. NAE used AMD FirePro Graphic Cards in each of their Lenovo ThinkStations to drive their designs.
Who is North American Eagle? Their goal is to break the current world land speed record of 763 MPH (341.09 m/s), set on October 15, 1997. The American-Canadian team is converting a former USAF Lockheed F-104 jet fighter into one of the most sophisticated vehicles on earth.
At COFES 2012: The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software, AMD FirePro team’s Director of ISV relations, Allen Bourgoyne, presented a session on GPU Trends for computing in Engineering. This covered GPU trends and its impact on visual computing, OpenGL / DirectX / OpenCL applications as well as CPU/GPU utilization to get the most out of the graphics and computing power for engineering applications.
COFES is the engineering software industry’s only annual think tank event which brings executives from design, engineering, architectural, development and technology companies together to understand the role engineering technology will play in the future survival and success of your business.
The video below shows a quick glimpse of the AMD presentation.
The primary demos will focus on Eyefinity multi-display technology and the open source Bullet Physics Library plug-in for Maya. The Bullet physics engine is OpenCL-accelerated and used in hyper-realistic video games and feature film visual effects. It offers 3D collision detection, soft and rigid body dynamics, and more. Autodesk and AMD partnered to optimize development and performance of the Bullet plug-in in Maya. It is included with the Maya 2012 subscription update, no extra downloads or 3rd party software required.
Last week I received an email from AMD's North American Marketing Manager inviting me to the AMD Fusion 12 Developer Summit. The invite included how to get a $50 discount on top of any early bird registration! I am posting the full email with discount information below.
Staying current on the latest technology is critical for success. Which is why I’m personally inviting you to attend the AMD Fusion12 Developer Summit (AFDS), June 11-14, 2012, in Bellevue, Washington, USA – and offering you a $50 discount on your pass.
AFDS provides a venue to hear and learn from the world’s foremost authorities on heterogeneous computing. Plus you’ll get direct access to detailed training in heterogeneous computing, OpenCL™, OpenGL, DirectCompute, and C++ AMP. It’s the fastest way for you to stay up to date on developments in this rapidly evolving computing paradigm.
Some of the AFDS experiences I know you’ll find invaluable include:
Industry-driving keynotes from AMD, Adobe, Cloudera, and Penguin Computing
10 technical tracks and dozens of intensive sessions covering heterogeneous computing, web technologies, cloud computing, gaming and consumer graphics, programming tools, and more.
Insights that will help you plan and refine your roadmaps
Unique collaboration opportunities with the world’s best technology professionals
You can save $50 when you register
Visit amd.com/afds to learn more, and then enter my e-mail address (Tessa[dot]Wolff@amd[dot]com) in the “Referred by” field and promo code AMDREF on the AFDS registration page. You’ll receive a $50 discount on your pass. Register now, and you can get the Early Bird price of just $395 (with your $50 discount your pass is just $345 – a savings of more than 50% off the full door price).
If you are attending Game Developers Conference this year, be sure to check out the AMD Booth #914. Of course AMD will be showing off their gaming prowess with the Radeon HD 7970 and Fusion APU laptops.
But more interesting to me: Showing in the FirePro pod at the booth will be showing:
Art-to-Engine pipeline demos with AutoDesk Maya
Autodesk will be showing Maya Bullet Physics & a new Maya character skinning plugin - both powered by OpenCL
AutoDesk will also be showing many creative asset creation workflows using 3ds Max and Mudbox across 3 displays using AMD Eyefinity technology
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