[Bug middle-end/40028] RFE - Add GPU acceleration library to gcc

["rob1weld at aol dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

------- Comment #2 from rob1weld at aol dot com  2009-05-18 17:36 -------
(In reply to comment #1)
> Yes GPU libraries would be nice but this needs a lot of work to begin with. 
> First you have to support the GPUs.  This also amounts to doubling the
> support. If you really want them, since this is open source, start
> contributing. 

I'm planning a full hardware upgrade in the coming months. I plan
to get an expensive Graphics Card to try this. Some of the newest
cards will run at over a PetaFLOP (only for "embarrassingly parallel"
code - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embarrassingly_parallel ).
Some of the newest Motherboards will accept _FOUR_ Graphics Cards.

It seems less expensive to use GPUs and recompile a few apps than 
trying to purchase a Motherboard with multiple CPUs or trying to 
find a chip faster than the 'i7'.

If we could "only double" our Computer's speed this endeavor
would be well worth doing. I suspect that Fortran's vector math
could be easily converted and benefit greatly.

Look for this feature in gcc in a few years (Sooner with everyone's help).

Rob


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