Flavio's TechnoTalk: General Purpose Computation Using a GPU...

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"Graphics hardware has grown from a simple display controller to a full fledged specialized processing unit, in the last 10 years. The amount of included memory has increased from a mere few Kilobytes to hundreds of Megabytes. But what other uses can be found for your videocard when you're not playing a game or using the latest CAD package?

"Ever since 3dfx (now NVIDIA) turned specialized 3D hardware accelerated videocards into commodity parts, PCs have never been the same..."

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