On Sat, June 9, 2007 07:36, Gregory Stark wrote:
> "Billings, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Does anyone think that PostgreSQL could benefit from using the video
>> card as a parallel computing device? I'm working on a project using
>> Nvidia's CUDA with an 8800 series video card to handle
Gregory Stark wrote:
"Billings, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Does anyone think that PostgreSQL could benefit from using the video
card as a parallel computing device? I'm working on a project using
Nvidia's CUDA with an 8800 series video card to handle non-graphical
algorithms. I'm curio
2007/6/9, Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
There has been some interesting research on sorting using the GPU which could
be very interesting for databases.
However I think Postgres would be unlikely to go the route of having compiled
driver code for every possible video card. It's unlikely to
"Billings, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone think that PostgreSQL could benefit from using the video
> card as a parallel computing device? I'm working on a project using
> Nvidia's CUDA with an 8800 series video card to handle non-graphical
> algorithms. I'm curious if anyone thi
Aren't most databases constrained by I/O? And postgresql by how fast
your kernel can switch between processes under a concurrent load?
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