LAME mp3 encoder contest on GPUs (CUDA)

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LAME mp3 encoder contest on GPUs (CUDA)

by gupg :: Rate this Message:

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There is a contest on accelerating the LAME MP3 encoder using GPUs (and the
CUDA C programming environment) at:
http://cudacontest.nvidia.com

Cash prize of $5000
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RE: LAME mp3 encoder contest on GPUs (CUDA)

by Bob Grove :: Rate this Message:

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Is it my imagination or is Nvidia trying to get an important product
implementation for next to nothing but running a "contest"?

How many people could live on the "possibility" of getting $5000 dollars by
optimizing an audio compression encoder on a graphics chip?

-----Original Message-----
From: Sumit Gupta [mailto:sumitg@...]
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 4:49 PM
To: music-dsp@...
Subject: [music-dsp] LAME mp3 encoder contest on GPUs (CUDA)

There is a contest on accelerating the LAME MP3 encoder using GPUs (and the
CUDA C programming environment) at:
http://cudacontest.nvidia.com

Cash prize of $5000
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Audio DSP Vacancy

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Hi All,

 We have a position vacant for a software engineer at a Pro-Audio company
based in the Midlands (UK). We're looking for someone with experience of
Analog Devices SHARC DSP & embedded C++ programming that also has an
interest in music-dsp.
 

Anyone who is interested and would like to find out more about the position
should contact Paul Hodges at EPP Executive Search Ltd
(paul.hodges@...)

Regards

Rob

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