Interesting article how they're using GPU's to process 3D images
of a CT-scanner.
http://fastra2.ua.ac.be/
of a CT-scanner.
http://fastra2.ua.ac.be/
At full speed, it can outperform a moderately sized cluster of state-of-the-art CPUs. And guess what… this system costs less than 6000 euros!
MG said:For medical scientists this can be interesting, but it's always the same. Some guys have built a machine that can do parallel processing of 3d-data and now they are pretending it's an extremely fast and cheap computer. But they seem to forget that it cannot be used for normal computing tasks because it actually never will be fast enough for that.
GPU's can not defeat CPU's. Only when they are processing very specific 3d-graphics related data. But who needs such computers?
Maybe it's possible to simulate logical circuitry and create a CPU in a virtual world, but I don't think it's faster than a Z80-based machine.