NVIDIA GPU Grant Approved

Rasanya hampir tidak percaya, ternyata pengajuan hibah GPU kepada pihak Nvidia diterima. GPU ini sebenarnya biasa dipakai oleh gamer yaitu kelas GeForce sementara untuk komputasi ilmiah yang digunakan adalah kelas Tesla yang biasanya tidak ada port displainya. Ada lagi kelas Quadro yang digunakan oleh profesional seperti industri efek spesial perfilman. Maunya yang diajukan adalah Quadro karena mereka tidak menyediakan Tesla tetapi yang disetujui adalah Geforce Titan Xp yang sebenarnya sudah sangat powerful dengan 3840 core CUDA. Bedanya adalah kelas GeForce tidak disertai ECC aktif karena tujuannya adalah kecepatan serta double precision tidak native sehingga tidak secepat double precision CPU atau Tesla. Setelah melalui proses instalasi yang terbilang agak maksa akhirnya GPU dapat dieksplorasi untuk komputasi parallel GPU.

Berita baik dari Nvidia itu:

Hi Brian,



We have reviewed your NVIDIA GPU Grant Request and we are happy support your work with the donation of (1) Titan Xp to support your research. We will ship via FedEx/DHL to the address listed in the form below and you can expect to receive within two weeks.  Please respond within 48 hours if you are unable to house the GPU, unable to clear customs or the address, email or phone number you have provided is incorrect.  If you are unable to house the GPU or the shipment is unable to be delivered we will not be able to re-ship.  Once the GPU has shipped you will receive a courtesy email from our shipping team with the tracking number.



We ship donated GPUs with a commercial invoice per shipping regulations. The price listed on this commercial invoice is the donation value not the price you would purchase online or from a vendor at MSRP price. Our vendors decide their MSRP pricing. We also ship so we pay all fees if the country will allow it.



Please ensure that the GPU is powered properly as per the information found here: https://developer.nvidia.com/hw-grant-supplemental-info.



If this hardware donation results in any publications or reports, we kindly ask that you acknowledge “NVIDIA Corporation”.  This is one way we track and justify our programs and adding “NVIDIA Corporation” to your acknowledgement will help us more easily track. We trust your judgment in how you acknowledge NVIDIA Corporation, however here are a couple samples:  "The Titan Xp used for this research was donated by the NVIDIA Corporation."  or “We gratefully acknowledge the support of NVIDIA Corporation with the donation of the Titan Xp GPU used for this research.” You are also encouraged to acknowledge NVIDIA Corporation in any contacts with the news media or in general articles.



This equipment donation will come as an unrestricted gift to support your research, however it is not for resale.  As part of the GPU Grant Program, you will receive occasional newsletters and requests to complete surveys.  While you are free to opt out of the newsletter at any time, we ask that you complete the infrequent surveys. These are important for tracking and justifying our academic programs, and cover topics such as updates on your GPU related courses, publications and research progress.



All the best,



Academic Programs Team
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