Scientific Calculations on a Graphic Processor Unit

Abstract

The demands on speed of scientific calculations are growing from the time when the first computer was constructed. Scientists are solving problems which were not viable ten or fifteen years ago. We can also expect that scientists in the future will solve problems which are not viable today. The times of extensive improvement of processors are almost over; we are hitting the physical limits of the electronic devices. Recent trend in improving the computational power of modern processors is to provide several processing units on the same chip, thus parallel thinking when proposing new algorithms is the necessity. In this paper we will introduce the concept of massively parallel Graphic Processing Unit, which can be utilized for particular types of scientific calculations.