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What is General Purpose Processing on the Graphics Processing Unit (GPGPU)

Chapter 117
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
The use of general purpose graphics programming libraries (such as OpenGL and Direct3D), that are normally used for producing three-dimensional graphics on a graphics card, for general-purpose processing tasks.
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Applying Graphics Processing Unit Technologies to Agent-Based Simulation
Mitchell Welch (School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Australia) and Paul Kwan (School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Australia)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch117
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