• From Pixels to PetaFLOPS.

*Result*: From Pixels to PetaFLOPS.

Title:
From Pixels to PetaFLOPS.
Authors:
Layton, Jeffrey B.1 laytonjb@gmail.com
Source:
Linux Magazine. Aug2007, Vol. 9 Issue 8, p32-36. 5p.
Subject Terms:
Computer graphics, High performance computing, Central processing units, Electronic data processing, Computer industry, Computer adventure games, Computer programming, Computer-generated imagery, Graphic arts
Database:
Supplemental Index

*Further Information*

*The article offers a report relating to Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). It states that GPUs are designed to take a 3D model of a scene and pass it through various steps in the rasterization-based rendering process to create an image to display. GPUs are also being considered as a co-processor even as a main processor. The section discusses the two major programming APIs for GPUs: Open GL and DirectX. According to the report, running algorithm on GPUs requires translation to OpenGL or DirectX functions, which also requires an understanding of the algorithm and how to program a GPU.*