First OpenCL demo on a GPU

The first public demonstration of OpenCL running on a GPU was done by NVIDIA on December 12, 2008 at Siggraph Asia. This demo of OpenCL on NVIDIA GPU was based on early non-released OpenCL API/driver interface. The nbody simulation shown was a simulation of massive particles under the influence of physical forces. Nbody simulation is known to be computationally intensive. The demo shows how OpenCL can deliver high performance computing using the parallel cores of the CUDA architecture on NVIDIA GPUs. This demo also illustrates the idea that core computational code can be written in OpenCL and will scale to whatever number of cores are available. The demo shown in Siggraph used the 32 parallel cores available on the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M GPU that it ran on.

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[Mario Christoforou]

I dont understand why ppl are bringing the descussion ATI over Nvidia and vice versa, or talking about gaming cards.

In this situation id say Quadro, tesla give me those kinds of comparisons, you guys are comparing game cards. When it comes down to the applications of cuda its not about gaming or physics, its about taking parallel processing to a new level.

This does have its gaming applications but its scientific ones are great.

[Sriram Murali]

@solobackpacking No, Intel is working along with other developers like AMD and in OpenCL development, and doing well at it.

[danieladamko]

It's the big bang!

[gerry7man555]

I have both OpenCL and CUDA on my GTX650

[monmarfori]

and even there isnt a nbody simulation for radeon gpus

[Muhammad Zohaib Hassan]

I am a bit confused these days, can somebody help me in selection of thesis topic for my MSc, I am a computer systems student and i recently read a book about heterogeneous computing with openCL and i am interested in it. I want some topic which involves exploring some particular GPU vendor e.g. NVIDIA and to do some implementations for a particular platform. Now what application domain i should go for and what can be future prospects , i am totally confused what to do.

[solobackpacking]

You make no sense considering it is a reply to my comment.

Perhaps less paranoia and more comprehensive reading skills.



[WXIIIR]

OpenCL was first developed by Apple and the first manuals and applications of OpenCL were made for Mac, so your argument is complete crap. i probably shouldn't be saying this as i hate Apple and all that Apple stands for but they came up with a really great thing.

[solobackpacking]

There isn't a single OpenCL demo app or benchmark app for the Mac that can be downloaded and works.

I have a feeling Intel is trying their best to sabotage OpenCL.

[point6000x]

and openCL does that thing better than CUDA..