Experiments in scientific computation on the playstation 3

Erik O.D. Sevre; Monica D. Christiansen; Matt Broten; Shuo M. Wang; David A. Yuen

doi:10.1007/s10069-008-0015-x

Experiments in scientific computation on the playstation 3

Erik O.D. Sevre, Monica D. Christiansen, Matt Broten, Shuo M. Wang, David A. Yuen

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The Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) offers the computational power of a parallel processor at low cost, which makes it a great starter unit for development in parallel programming. To explore the capabilities of the unit, we took a simple ray tracing program and extended it to render triangulated height field data across the PS3's 6 synergistic processing units (SPUs). We also implemented the heat averaging equation as a precursor to CFD analysis on the PS3. In our studies, we found the Cell engine in the PS3 to be a powerful machine, however great care must be taken while developing because its unique platform calls for many levels of optimization to ensure efficiency.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	125-132
Number of pages	8
Journal	Visual Geosciences
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10069-008-0015-x
State	Published - 2008

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Acknowledgments We acknowledge discussions with Prof. Paul Woodward and help from Spring Liu. This research was supported by the Middleware grant of IF program of National Science Foundation.

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