TROY, Mich., Aug. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- NVIDIA
customers worldwide using the power of Graphics Processing Unit
(GPU) High-Performance Computing (HPC) to address vital work in
fields including artificial intelligence, deep learning,
self-driving cars, and virtual reality now have the ability to
improve the speed and reliability of their computations through a
new technology collaboration with Altair to integrate PBS
Professional®.
Features in Altair's PBS Professional® HPC workload
management software are now available to Data Center GPU Management
Tool NVIDIA DCGM users and enable new functionality and performance
levels with:
- Pre-job node risk identification and GPU resource
allocation
- Automated monitoring of node health
- Reduced job terminations due to GPU failures
- Increased systems resiliency via intelligent routing
decisions
- Increased job throughput via topology optimization
- Optimized job scheduling through GPU load and health
monitoring
"We are truly excited to bring this functionality to NVIDIA's
global GPU user community," said Dr. Bill
Nitzberg, CTO for PBS Works, Altair. "They did a great job
of enabling the technical collaboration and we look forward to
seeing their customers get ever-better computing performance to
support their research, development, and analytics
applications."
Duncan Pool, Director Platform
Alliances – Accelerated Computing, NVIDIA, notes that, "Altair has
been a great partner throughout the process of developing and
deploying these new performance tools to our users, aligning well
with our intense focus on providing a best-in-class GPU application
environment."
Altair PBS Works technical support staff will work closely with
NVIDIA DCGM users running PBS Professional® to implement
the new functionality on their computing platforms.
Read additional details about how NVIDIA DCGM simplifies cluster
administration at the NVIDIA blog.
About Altair
Altair is focused on the development and
broad application of simulation technology to synthesize and
optimize designs, processes and decisions for improved business
performance. Privately held with more than 2,600 employees, Altair
is headquartered in Troy,
Michigan, USA and operates more than 45 offices throughout
20 countries. Today, Altair serves more than 5,000 corporate
clients across broad industry segments. To learn more, please visit
www.altair.com.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) is a computer
technology company that has pioneered GPU-accelerated computing. It
targets the world's most demanding users -- gamers, designers and
scientists -- with products, services and software that power
amazing experiences in virtual reality, artificial intelligence,
professional visualization and autonomous cars. More information at
http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/.
Media contacts:
Altair Corporate/North America
Biba Bedi
+1.757.224.0548 x 406
biba@altair.com
Altair Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Evelyn Gebhardt
+49 6421 9684351
gebhardt@bluegecko-marketing.de
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