CUDA on the hot seat?

[JAYDEEJOHN]

http://insidehpc.com/2008/07/28/ncar-plus-cuda-equal-faster-weather-simulation-community-benefits/
While Im not a tree hugger, this looks nice.
Ive found, its not the programs that find these "problems", but more the one behind the keys, with ALL the input

 

[jsc]

Yeah. Who knows. Maybe they will announce that we are in a decade long (so far) global cooling trend.

 

[Wisecracker]

Back in the dark ages I began as a young teen doing FORTRAN in SPSS ....


with keypunch cards


It will simply take a short passage of time for the parallel processing power of the GPU to significantly change the HPC environment ....

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

What I find so satisfying is that the more parallel something is, the faster itll go, depending on the useage of course. But a 20% speedup for merely what? 1% overall, of parallel usage? Who needs MT with this? Too bad it all couldnt be converted somehwo