Robert Liao Tracy Wang CS252 Spring 2007 Overview Traditional GPU Architecture The NVIDIA G80 Processor CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) LAPACK Performance and Issues A Quick Note on Naming “G80” is the codename for the GPU found in the following graphics cards. NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series Graphics Cards NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 Traditional GPUs From Intel Corporation Traditional GPUs GPUs talk Polygons From CPU Vertex