Category: Software

I'm the science (aka my first publication)

In these last days my first paper had been published. The title of the paper is "A GPGPU Transparent Virtualization Component for High Performance Computing Clouds". It's an article about gVirtuS: the implementation, the usage and a comparison with other software that aim to accomplish to do the same job (seriously in the real world … Continue reading I'm the science (aka my first publication) →

gVirtuS: the first beta release

We are proud to announce the first beta release of gVirtuS. gVirtuS allows an instanced virtual machine to access GPGPUs in a transparent way, with an overhead  slightly greater than a real machine/GPGPU setup. gVirtuS is hypervisor independent, and, even though it currently virtualizes nVIDIA CUDA based GPUs. The software, developed for research applications, is … Continue reading gVirtuS: the first beta release →

Using Nvidia drivers on Fedora 12 with DKMS

Although it sucks too much using closed source software, someone wants or have to use that. It's the case of Nvidia graphics drivers: someone wants them to obtain better performances, others have to use them because their adapters don't work well with open source drivers, and others (like me) have to use Nvidia closed drivers … Continue reading Using Nvidia drivers on Fedora 12 with DKMS →

I got my first virus (aka Removing jwgkvsq.vmx from my netbook)

Although  I use a computer since 2001 I had not experienced directly the existence of viruses, and also I was feeling that a default installation of the OS could give an almost secure environment. This was because since May 2003 I was using  always and everywhere a GNU/linux based OS and because in the first two years, … Continue reading I got my first virus (aka Removing jwgkvsq.vmx from my netbook) →

VMSocket: a mechanism to expose UNIX Sockets in KVM Virtual Machines

VMSocket is a mechanism to expose UNIX Sockets (sockets in AF_UNIX domain) from the host operating system to the KVM's virtual machines. It provides a really fast communication channel between host and guests os. It can ben used for communication that needs to be fast, such as HPC (High Performance Computing) software solutions and so … Continue reading VMSocket: a mechanism to expose UNIX Sockets in KVM Virtual Machines →