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High performance FFT on GPUs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the testing-it-out dept.

A reader writes: "The UNC GAMMA group has recently released a high performance FFT library which can handle large 1-D FFTs. According to their webpage, the FFT library is able to achieve 4x higher computational performance on a $500 NVIDIA 7900 GPU than optimized Intel Math Kernel FFT routines running on high-end Intel and AMD CPUs costing $1500-$2000. The library is supported for both Linux and Windows platforms and is tested to work on many programmable GPUs. There is also a link to download the library freely for non-commerical use."

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  1. As you should very well know... by Jesus_666 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    FFT stands for "Final Fantasy Tactics", a brilliant tactics/role playing game for the original Sony Playstation. You should really try it.
    Stay away from the GBA sequel though, that one just sucks.


    Alternatively it could be some weird mathy jibber-jabber about furrier Transformers or something.

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  2. Wikipedia is your friend. by SynapseLapse · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Don't Panic.

    Explanation here.

  3. Re:Uhh.. by JourneyExpertApe · · Score: 1, Redundant

    No, no, they're talking about playing Final Fantasy Tactics. That's why they need a GPU.

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