Abstraction of Graphics Hardware Through The Use of Modern Interfaces to Increase Performance of Linear Algebra Routines

Authors

  • M. Woolsey Department of Electrical Engineering University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
  • W. E. Hutchcraft Department of Electrical Engineering University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
  • R. K. Gordon Department of Electrical Engineering University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA

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Abstraction of Graphics Hardware Through The Use of Modern Interfaces to Increase Performance of Linear Algebra Routines

Abstract

General purpose computation on graphics processing units (GPGPU) is introduced through the application of modern interfaces that abstract graphics hardware. In order to provide an example of these techniques, implementation of an iterative matrix solving algorithm is detailed using two interfaces – Stanford's BrookGPU and Accelerator from Microsoft Research. Performance of the Accelerator implementation is then analyzed.

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Published

2022-06-17

How to Cite

[1]
M. . Woolsey, W. E. . Hutchcraft, and R. K. . Gordon, “Abstraction of Graphics Hardware Through The Use of Modern Interfaces to Increase Performance of Linear Algebra Routines”, ACES Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 292–297, Jun. 2022.

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2008: Vol 23 Iss 3

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