VLSI Trends: Why Graphics Hardware Is Fast
Graphics Architecture, Winter 2009
English - January 27, 2009 08:00 - 1 hour - 618 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsTechnology gpu graphics processor graphics architecture gpgpu parallel data-parallel programming eec277 Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this lecture we turn to the technology fundamentals behind the rise of the GPU: what are the technology trends of today's VLSI designs and how and why do they impact the GPU and its architecture? We also contrast CPUs and GPUs as well as the differences between task-parallel and time-multiplexed architectures.