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can gpu be used to calculate floats and matrices rather than render?

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Started by billconan May 07, 2006 08:32 AM

1 comment, last by cignox1 17 years, 11 months ago

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May 07, 2006 08:32 AM

hello guys, since the shader languages provide a fast way of calculating vectors and matrices, i'm just wondering is there any people who use shader language, say cg, to solve mathematics. if the gpu can be used to handle this kind of calculation, then how should i get the result returned by the shader language?

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May 07, 2006 08:37 AM

Yeah, just render the mathematical output to a texture and your done.

Dave

cignox1

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May 07, 2006 11:19 AM

Maybe you will be interested by gpgpu

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