[fwlug] Processing on a video board [Nvidia]

[Rob Ludwick]

Folding @ Home has done some things with GPU's, including apparently
ATI, NVIDIA, and PS3.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/FAQ-highperformance.html

http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/FAQ-ATI.html

On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 17:17 -0500, Jon wrote:
> I'll be damned if I can find a reference, but I recall seeing this stuff
> before.
> 
> A GPU is really good at doing certain kinds of calculations and so it
> follows if you are needing to do similar work a GPU is better than a
> general processor.
> 
> On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 17:10 -0500, John McKelvey wrote:
> > I have a colleague in Germany who has harnessed [in some way] an
> > Nvidia GPU to do numerical calculations and it appear to be extremely
> > fast..  Any references on the web to something similar?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > John McKelvey
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