11.318.2014 - AMD Awarded $32 Million for 'Extreme Scale' High-Performance Computing Research Focused on HSA, APUs and Memory

AMD to Expand Research on Exascale Computers for the Department of Energy SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 11/14/14 -- AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that for the third straight year it was awarded research grants for development of critical technologies needed for extreme-scale computing in conjunction with projects associated with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Extreme-Scale Computing Research and Development Program, known as "FastForward 2." The two DOE awards, totaling more than $32 million, will fund research focused on exascale applications for AMD Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) based on the open-standard Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA), as well as future memory ... - View Press Release - Visit AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.)