GPU solutions to multi-scale problems in science and engineering

This book covers the new topic of GPU computing with many applications involved, taken from diverse fields such as networking, seismology, fluid mechanics, nano-materials, data-mining , earthquakes ,mantle convection, visualization. It will show the public why GPU computing is important and easy to...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service); International Workshop of GPU Solutions to Multiscale Problems in Science and Engineering Harbin, China)
Group Author: Yuen, David A.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Lecture notes in earth system sciences,
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16405-7
Summary: This book covers the new topic of GPU computing with many applications involved, taken from diverse fields such as networking, seismology, fluid mechanics, nano-materials, data-mining , earthquakes ,mantle convection, visualization. It will show the public why GPU computing is important and easy to use. It will offer a reason why GPU computing is useful and how to implement codes in an everyday situation.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xiii, 693 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9783642164057 (electronic bk.)
3642164056 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: QA76
CLC: TP38-532
Contents: Introductory Material --
Why Do Scientists and Engineers Need GPU's Today? /
Happenings at the GPU Conference /
Hardware and Installations --
Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Programming of Accelerated HPC Servers: Highlights of PRACE Studies /
GRAPE and GRAPE-DR /
Software libraries --
Parray: A Unifying Array Representation for Heterogeneous Parallelism /
Practical Random Linear Network Coding on GPUs /
Preliminary Implementation of PETSc Using GPUs /
Industrial Applications --
Multi-scale Continuum-Particle Simulation on CPU-GPU Hybrid Supercomputer /