A Survey of General-Purpose Computation on Graphics Hardware Export

@article{citeulike:1187394, abstract = {The rapid increase in the performance of graphics hardware, coupled with recent improvements in its programmability, have made graphics hardware a compelling platform for computationally demanding tasks in a wide variety of application domains. In this report, we describe, summarize, and analyze the latest research in mapping general-purpose computation to graphics hardware. We begin with the technical motivations that underlie general-purpose computation on graphics processors (GPGPU) and describe the hardware and software developments that have led to the recent interest in this field. We then aim the main body of this report at two separate audiences. First, we describe the techniques used in mapping general-purpose computation to graphics hardware. We believe these techniques will be generally useful for researchers who plan to develop the next generation of GPGPU algorithms and techniques. Second, we survey and categorize the latest developments in general-purpose application development on graphics hardware.}, address = {University of California, Davis, USA jowens@ece.ucdavis.edu; NVIDIA {dluebke,mharris,tpurcell}@nvidia.com; Many-core Technology Incubation Group, Microsoft Corporation nagag@microsoft.com; Technische Universitt Mnchen kruegeje@in.tum.de; Neoptica lefohn@neoptica.com}, author = {Owens and John, D. and Luebke and David and Govindaraju and Naga and Harris and Mark and Kruger and Jens and Lefohn and Aaron, E. and Purcell and Timothy, J.}, citeulike-article-id = {1187394}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2007.01012.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/cgf/2007/00000026/00000001/art00009}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/118494343/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-8659.2007.01012.x}, issn = {1467-8659}, journal = {Computer Graphics Forum}, keywords = {cuda, gpu, programming}, month = {March}, number = {1}, pages = {80--113}, posted-at = {2008-09-30 15:09:14}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing}, title = {A Survey of General-Purpose Computation on Graphics Hardware}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2007.01012.x}, volume = {26}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1187394 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1187394 N2 - The rapid increase in the performance of graphics hardware, coupled with recent improvements in its programmability, have made graphics hardware a compelling platform for computationally demanding tasks in a wide variety of application domains. In this report, we describe, summarize, and analyze the latest research in mapping general-purpose computation to graphics hardware. We begin with the technical motivations that underlie general-purpose computation on graphics processors (GPGPU) and describe the hardware and software developments that have led to the recent interest in this field. We then aim the main body of this report at two separate audiences. First, we describe the techniques used in mapping general-purpose computation to graphics hardware. We believe these techniques will be generally useful for researchers who plan to develop the next generation of GPGPU algorithms and techniques. Second, we survey and categorize the latest developments in general-purpose application development on graphics hardware. IS - 1 JF - Computer Graphics Forum SN - 1467-8659 AD - University of California, Davis, USA jowens@ece.ucdavis.edu; NVIDIA {dluebke,mharris,tpurcell}@nvidia.com; Many-core Technology Incubation Group, Microsoft Corporation nagag@microsoft.com; Technische Universitt Mnchen kruegeje@in.tum.de; Neoptica lefohn@neoptica.com EP - 113 TI - A Survey of General-Purpose Computation on Graphics Hardware PB - Blackwell Publishing VL - 26 SP - 80 KW - cuda KW - gpu KW - programming AU - Owens AU - John, D AU - Luebke AU - David AU - Govindaraju AU - Naga AU - Harris AU - Mark AU - Kruger AU - Jens AU - Lefohn AU - Aaron, E AU - Purcell AU - Timothy, J PY - 2007/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2007.01012.x ER -