Application of Graphics Processing Units to Search Pipeline for Gravitational Waves from Coalescing Binaries of Compact Objects
School of Physics, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
Classical and Quantum Gravity, Volume 27, Issue 13, pp. 135009 (2010), arXiv:0906.4175 [gr-qc] (23 Jun 2009)
We report a novel application of graphics processing units (GPUs) for the purpose of accelerating the search pipelines for gravitational waves from coalescing binaries of compact objects. A speed-up of 16 fold has been achieved compared with a single central processing unit (CPU). We show that substantial improvements are possible and discuss the reduction in CPU count required for the detection of inspiral sources afforded by the use of GPUs.
November 13, 2010 by hgpu
