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Chinese algorithm claimed to boost Nvidia GPU performance by up to 800X for advanced science applications (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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"Scarcity is the mother of invention" …looks like optimisation is back on the menu boys, something the Americans have forgotten whether for games, softwares, apps etc.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

Per the article, they just developed a faster algorithm for a specific type of material simulation.

[–] Isoprenoid 35 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

Per the article, they ~~just~~ developed a faster algorithm for a specific type of material simulation.

You're underplaying it.

As per the article:

This has broad implications for industries that require detailed material analysis, including:

Aerospace and Defense: Improved modeling of material stress and failure in aircraft structures.

Engineering and Manufacturing: More efficient testing of materials for construction and industrial applications.

Military Research: Faster development of impact-resistant materials for defense systems.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I write HPC and this really isn't that crazy. Its 800x vs a serial program ran on a CPU, it is only 100x a OpenMP (parallel CPU version).

While the gains are very impressive and show clear deep understanding of HPC programming, it is really nothing that out of the ordinary.

With proper memory optimisations and algorithm optimisations from a single thread to a dedicated GPU model a 100-1000x speed up is pretty normal.

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