GPUs: An Emerging Platform for General-Purpose Computation

Abstract

The affordability and computational power of GPUs have made them the focus of an emerging area of research designed to explore their performance for general-purpose computation. GPGPU, as this area of research is called, involves the exploration of the computational power of programmable GPUs and their suitability for non-graphics applications through algorithm and software development. Although there are some challenges with using these specialized devices for numerous applications, their attributes and significant speedup for some applications continue to make them an attractive platform for research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA471188

Entities

People

  • Daniel M. Pressel
  • Sha'kia Boggan

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Central Processing Units
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computations
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Debugging
  • Graphics
  • Graphics Processing Unit
  • Image Processing
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Software Development
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