Original title: Graphics card as a cheap supercomputer
Authors: Přikryl, Jan
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Programy a algoritmy numerické matematiky /16./, Dolní Maxov (CZ), 2012-06-03 / 2012-06-08
Year: 2013
Language: eng
Abstract: The current powerful graphics cards, providing stunning real-time visual effects for computer-based entertainment, have to accommodate powerful hardware components that are able to deliver the photo-realistic simulation to the end-user. Given the vast computing power of the graphics hardware, its producers very often offer a programming interface that makes it possible to use the computational resources of the graphics processors (GPU) to more general purposes. This step gave birth to the so-called GPGPU (general-purpose GPU) processors that – if programmed correctly – are able to achieve astonishing performance in floating point operations. In this paper we will briefly overview nVidia CUDA technology and we will demonstrate a process of developing a simple GPGPU application both in the native GPGPU style and in the add-ons for Matlab (Jacket and Parallel Toolbox).
Keywords: CUDA; GPU; graphics card; Jacket; Matlab
Project no.: TA01030603 (CEP), MEB091015 (CEP)
Funding provider: GA TA ČR, GA MŠk
Host item entry: Programs and Algorithms of Numerical Matematics 16, ISBN 978-80-85823-62-2

Institution: Institute of Information Theory and Automation AS ČR (web)
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External URL: http://library.utia.cas.cz/separaty/2013/AS/prikryl-graphics card as a cheap supercomputer.pdf
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0218410

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