Originally published at: Fortune: “NVIDIA must be stoked: This startup is taking graphics chips corporate” | NVIDIA Technical Blog
MapD, an NVIDIA-funded startup, has created a new type of database to handle terabytes of data and impressive visualizations that relies on GPUs instead of the traditional AMD or Intel chips. Todd Mostak, Founder and CEO of MapD, decided to build a SQL database that relies on graphics processors when he was completing his thesis…