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Towards Reconfigurable High-Performance Computing

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Platforms II: Special-Purpose Accelerators

   

Monday 3 March

 

15:05 16:00

Lecture 4

Platforms II: Special-Purpose Accelerators

Andrzej Nowak

This lecture aims to familiarize the listeners with special-purpose hardware accelerators and processing units which have become popular in recent times. Important topics:

  • Hardware acceleration concepts and philosophy

  • GPUs and gaming hardware

  • Future directions for hardware accelerators, future scenario
    discussion

This lecture will stress the tradeoffs which users face when reaching for ultra-fast special purpose hardware, such as GPUs. 

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Lecture 4 targets listeners who are interested in hardware acceleration using off-the-shelf hardware.

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It is advisable to follow Lecture 3 before attending this one.

 

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