Register • Search • FAQ • Memberlist • Usergroups • Log in did you solve some challenges/puzzles with nVidia CUDA?      hacker.org Forum Index » General View previous topic View next topic did you solve some challenges/puzzles with nVidia CUDA? Author Message dangermouse Joined: 05 Jun 2011 Posts: 89 Location: deep space computing AG did you solve some challenges/puzzles with nVidia CUDA? I am learning this technology from the book "CUDA by example" by Sanders and Kandrot, I read the first 50 pages and the concepts are easy to grasp, being CUDA C very close to C. I wonder if you hackers solved some challenges or puzzles with nVidia CUDA and support of a Graphic Processing Unit? If yes which ones? How many CUDA cores does your toaster have on board? I dream of having a nVidia Tesla Accelerator K20X in my box, imagine 2688 CUDA cores ready to perform computations, with a power drain of only 230W, on board of a normal PCI Express card! As side note: I believe after GPS devices and smartphones, this could be the next big technological revolution: such boards coupled with a Kinect sensor and a projector might create the first hologram videophones à la Star Wars _________________ Learn the rules if you want to break them effectively. Dalai Lama XV Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:28 am AMindForeverVoyaging Forum Admin Joined: 28 May 2011 Posts: 487 Location: Germany Quote: might create the first hologram videophones à la Star Wars Not unless battery technology makes huuuuuge advancements Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:16 am contagious Joined: 12 May 2009 Posts: 35 Location: Greece AMindForeverVoyaging wrote: Not unless battery technology makes huuuuuge advancements Are you planning to run them on a cell phone? Sat Jan 26, 2013 9:48 am AMindForeverVoyaging Forum Admin Joined: 28 May 2011 Posts: 487 Location: Germany Oh, wait. There are landline telephones? I forgot. Sun Jan 27, 2013 10:52 am Redford Joined: 04 Jul 2009 Posts: 41 Location: Poland I'm not using CUDA in my solutions, maybe because I haven't started doing "puzzle challenges" on hacker.org yet But It's very good idea for puzzles which need many computations. Other challenges don't need so much power (rather good ideas and algorithms) What books do you recommend for quite advanced programmer, who knows nothing about CUDA? _________________ Sun Jan 27, 2013 1:33 pm dangermouse Joined: 05 Jun 2011 Posts: 89 Location: deep space computing AG ciao Redford, I think "CUDA by Example" is a good entry point, especially if you already know C and its caveats. I also saw that there are online courses on CUDA from Universities available for free at https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-training _________________ Learn the rules if you want to break them effectively. Dalai Lama XV Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:54 am Redford Joined: 04 Jul 2009 Posts: 41 Location: Poland Thanks! I'll check this out in free time _________________ Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:53 pm Display posts from previous:  All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year  Oldest FirstNewest First     hacker.org Forum Index » General All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to:  Select a forum General Discussion----------------The Hacker's Server Puzzles and Games Competitions----------------ChallengesChallenges SolvedGeneral PuzzlesModulo PuzzleRunaway Robot PuzzleMortal CoilBricolageOneOfUsPusherboyTapewormCrossflip Bot Competitions----------------GeneralWormageddonBitBath You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group Design by Freestyle XL / Flowers Online.