Starburst supports GPUs for faster distributed data analysis

Starburst released the first version of its Trino engine with GPU support based on Nvidia cuDF. Queries on distributed data run 3–4 times faster, with up to 7x acceleration on complex queries. The company also supports Nvidia's Vera CPU and Rubin GPU.

• GPU query acceleration: 3–4x, up to 7x on complex queries
• Uses open-source Nvidia cuDF framework from CUDA-X
• Supports Nvidia Vera CPU and Rubin GPU
• Banks can load idle GPUs with nightly analytics tasks