On Nov 12, 2009, at 8:16 PM, Jon Elson wrote: >> I'd love to see kinematics and/or TP calcs done on a GPU. Recent >> video >> cards do single precision floating point very quickly, and the newest >> set of GPUs can do double precision natively as well. Got a >> kinematics >> problem that requires 1000 iterations to solve? No problem, >> because 500 >> processors running at 700MHz can figure that out in a hurry. >> Concerned >> about trajectory planning with massive lookahead while also taking >> into >> account FO and other things? No problem. Run a bunch of scenarios >> in >> parallel on the GPU and then pick the one that's closest to the >> actual >> situation when the next servo cycle comes around. >> >> There are all sorts of things that can be done when you can (a) run a >> lot of stuff in parallel and (b) throw away 99% of the work and >> still be >> fast enough to control a machine. >> > The problem with GPUs is they are all proprietary (ie. different) from > board to board, > and manufacturer to mfr. That would be a real problem.
That would be an advantage going with something like OpenCL. To take advantage, one would have to chose a GPU that supported it. Just like gamers chose cards that support certain OpenGL extensions and such. Heck, even if only a single GPU was supported, and I needed the capabilities it offered, chances are I would go with it. Best, Jeshua Lacock Founder/Programmer 3DTOPO Incorporated <http://3DTOPO.com> Phone: 208.462.4171 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
