[ntp:questions] Anyone ever consider running NTP in an nVidia GPU core?

Todd Glassey tglassey at earthlink.net
Wed Dec 2 01:03:04 UTC 2009


Todd Glassey wrote:
> David - I was just looking at a real-time control process a friend had 
> implemented for a controller which is handling some very fast nuclear 
> events and parts of the sensor code is actually running in an nVidia GPU 
> core and it hit me, what a neat timing server it would make. I bring 
> this up because of the other applications for the GPU's (cryptography) 
> as well.
>   

Check these guys out.

http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/gpu/

http://www.nvidia.com/object/io_1256194349443.html
> The compilers are all there and it will keep time in the embedded GPU 
> module with an external reference even better. Would be an interesting 
> project.
>
> Todd
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