CUDA is specific to NVIDIA graphics devices. http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_home_new.html
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Z K <zkauf...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote: > > My impression is that CUDA drivers are not available for AMD FirePro > > graphics boards. Aren't they? > > Sorry, I dont know the answer to that question. In regard to the next > release of freesurfer, my guestimate would be between 1-2 months. > > -Zeke > > > On 12/03/2014 02:12 AM, Francesco Cardinale wrote: >> Zeke, >> Thank you for your prompt response. >> I've been using for a long time my own bash script that parallelizes the >> simultaneous computation of the hemisphere-specific steps. Moreover, I >> re-organized the pipeline for obtaining the pial reconstruction asap. >> I'm happy to know that next release of Freesurfer will support openmp >> under MacOS X. Can you roughly estimate when it will be available? >> I also tried with VMWare Fusion and a VM with CentOS 6.6, and it mapped >> 12 virtual cores on the real cores. The time needed for CAREG was >> reduced by about 2/3. >> My impression is that CUDA drivers are not available for AMD FirePro >> graphics boards. Aren't they? >> Thanks again >> Cico >> >> >>> Francesco Cardinale >>> >>> Neurosurgeon >>> "Claudio Munari" Centre for Epilepsy and Parkinson Surgery - Ospedale >>> Niguarda "Ca' Granda" >>> Piazza dell'Ospedale Maggiore, 3 - 20162 - Milano - Italia >>> phone 0039 02 64442917 >>> fax 0039 02 64442868 >>> e-mail francesco.cardin...@ospedaleniguarda.it >>> <mailto:francesco.cardin...@ospedaleniguarda.it> >> >> Il giorno 02/dic/2014, alle ore 15:59, Z K <zkauf...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu >> <mailto:zkauf...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>> ha scritto: >> >>> Francesco, >>> >>> There are ways to speed up single subject processing time by >>> parrallelizing the parts of the recon-all stream that deal with the left >>> and right hemisphere so they get processed simultaneously. This would >>> require a custom script and thus is a bit more complicated than a single >>> call to recon-all. But I can provide you the skeleton of such a script >>> if you like. >>> >>> We no longer support CUDA but it is included in the 5.3 release and >>> people have reported success using it. The gpu can be used along with >>> the openmp flag to further quicken processing time, but only on CentOS >>> machines, as openmp is not supported on the Mac build of freesurfer >>> v5.3. However, the next release of freesurfer WILL support openmp on the >>> Mac side. >>> >>> -Zeke >>> >>> >>> >>> On 11/27/2014 04:31 AM, Francesco Cardinale wrote: >>>> Dear Freesurfer experts, >>>> I've been using Freesurfer on Mac computers for some years with great >>>> satisfaction. I just bought a "monster computer", a Mac Pro with 12-core >>>> Xeon E5, 64 Gb RAM, GPU AMD FirePro D700. This is, out of doubt, a >>>> marvellous machine to compute many subjects simultaneously, but quite >>>> often we need to run one single subject as fast as possible. What can I >>>> do? OpenMP optimization is available only for CentOS, isn't it? What >>>> about CentOS in a VM, will it be able to exploit multithreading, or is >>>> it necessary to configure a multiboot machine with BootCamp? Any >>>> suggestions to do that? Moreover, what about CUDA and GPU acceleration? >>>> Is it available for FirePro graphic cards? Any other suggestions? >>>> Anything really new in the field with the next version of Freesurfer? >>>> Thanks a lot >>>> Francesco Cardinale, MD >>>> >>>> Neurosurgeon >>>> "Claudio Munari" Centre for Epilepsy and Parkinson Surgery - Ospedale >>>> Niguarda "Ca' Granda" >>>> Piazza dell'Ospedale Maggiore, 3 - 20162 - Milano - Italia >>>> <x-apple-data-detectors://0/0> >>>> phone 0039 02 64442917 <tel:0039%2002%2064442917> >>>> fax 0039 02 64442868 <tel:0039%2002%2064442868> >>>> e-mail francesco.cardin...@ospedaleniguarda.it >>>> <mailto:francesco.cardin...@ospedaleniguarda.it> >>>> <mailto:francesco.cardin...@ospedaleniguarda.it> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Freesurfer mailing list >>>> Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <mailto:Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> >>>> https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Freesurfer mailing list >>> Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <mailto:Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> >>> https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer >>> >>> >>> The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom >>> it is >>> addressed. 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