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Linear algebra operators for GPU implementation of numerical algorithms

Jens Krüger, Rüdiger Westermann
Computer Graphics and Visualization Group, Technical University Munich
In SIGGRAPH ’05: ACM SIGGRAPH 2005 Courses (2005), 234.

@conference{krüger2005linear,

   title={Linear algebra operators for GPU implementation of numerical algorithms},

   author={Kr{\”u}ger, J. and Westermann, R.},

   booktitle={ACM SIGGRAPH 2005 Courses},

   pages={234},

   year={2005},

   organization={ACM}

}

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In this work, the emphasis is on the development of strategies to realize techniques of numerical computing on the graphics chip. In particular, the focus is on the acceleration of techniques for solving sets of algebraic equations as they occur in numerical simulation. We introduce a framework for the implementation of linear algebra operators on programmable graphics processors (GPUs), thus providing the building blocks for the design of more complex numerical algorithms. In particular, we propose a stream model for arithmetic operations on vectors and matrices that exploits the intrinsic parallelism and efficient communication on modern GPUs. Besides performance gains due to improved numerical computations, graphics algorithms benefit from this model in that the transfer of computation results to the graphics processor for display is avoided. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach by implementing direct solvers for sparse matrices, and by applying these solvers to multi-dimensional finite difference equations, i.e. the 2D wave equation and the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations.
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